Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da aka haifi Rudolf Montecuccoli, Modena har yanzu mallakar Austrian Habsburg ne, wanda gidan Austria-Este ke mulki. Duk da haka, a lokacin yakin Italiya na 1859, Duke na karshe na Habsburg na Modena, Francesco V, ya gudu zuwa Austria bayan da aka ci Austrian a Magenta
(Yuni 4). 'Yan kishin kasa na Italiya sun kwace iko, suna buƙatar haɗin kai da Masarautar Sardinia. An tabbatar da wannan ta hanyar jefa kuri'a a watan Maris na 1860, kuma a lokacin da yake da shekaru 17 Montecuccoli ya ga wurin haihuwarsa da gidan kakanninsa sun wuce abin da ya yi la'akari da ikon mallakar ƙasashen waje. (Bayan shekara guda, Modena ta zama sashen Mulkin Italiya.)