MONTE CRISTO, THE COUNT OF. The most famous romance of Alexandre Dumas (1844-45), founded on Penchet's A Diamond and a ffea MY. The hero, Edmond Dantes, is unjustly imprisoned in the Chateau d'I f. an island made famous through Dumas's work, escapes, and after gaining a fabulous treasure, pursues with his vengeance those to whom his sufferings were due. The work abounds in melodramatic situations and excitement and attained immediate success.
MONTECTJCCOLIomin'ttl-kM'iakli., or MON TECIICULI, inrut'ttt-kkn-ht. RAtmosno, Count 1009-80). An Austrian general. He was born near Modena, February. 21, 1009, and entered the Austrian artillery as a volunteer tinder his uncle, Ernesto, Count Slonteeueeoli, in 1025. During the Thirty Years' War he was employed in various services, military and diplomatic. In 1(157 lie was sent to sup port ,E01111 Casimir of Poland against the Swedes and Prince Hfikilczy of Transylvania• and compelled Efikilczy to make peace with Poland, and to break his alliance with the Swedes. in the following year lie was made a field-marshal. and was sent to aid the Danes against the Swedes, in which also ho was eminently suceessful. In 1000 lie commanded the army sent to oppose the Turks, who had broken into Transylvania. and
after an indecisive warfare of three years he won the great battle of Saint Gotthard. on the banks of the Raab, August 1, 1004. In the war between Frame and 11olland, in which the Emperor took part with Dolland, Montecuecoli was given the command of the Imperial army in 1072. Ile took Bonn. and notwithstanding the endeavors of Turenne to prevent it. effeeted a junction with the Prince of Orange. In 1075 he was opposed to Tnrcnne on the Rhine, and they spent four months in mannurcres in which neither could gain any advantage. After the death of Titrenne Mon lecneeoli pursued the French across the Rhine. The Emperor Leopold made hint a prince of the Empire, and the King of Naples bestowed on him the Duchy of Melti. He it'd at Linz, net Obe r N. lfti0, memoirs were published in French (Amsterdam, 1770). and in the original Italian by [go Foscolo (Milan, 1807), and by Grassi (Turin, 1821). Consult, also: Campori, Rai mondo Montecuecoli, lu sun famiglia c i suoi I at pi ( Florence. 1877) ; Gro•smann, Reim it ad Muntecuecoli (Vienna, 1878).