Wilhelm von Roggendorf

Wilhelm Freiherr von Roggendorf (1481 – 25 August 1541) was an Austrian military commander and Hofmeister.

In the winter of 1523-1524 was the chief of the German infantry in the Spanish army which invaded the north of the Kingdom of Navarre and the Bearn.

Later he took part in the recovering of the city-fortress of Hondarribia, conquered by the French admiral Bonnivet three years before.

During the Siege of Vienna in 1529 by the Turks, he served as commander of the heavy cavalry under his brother-in-law Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459–1530).

He resigned in 1539, but returned as commander of the Austrian Siege of Buda, which ended in disaster.

Wilhelm von Roggendorf