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Also Known As Christian der Jüngere • Christian the Younger
Born September 20, 1599 • Germany
Died June 16, 1626 (aged 26) • Germany
Role In Thirty Years’ War
Tilly, detail from an engraving by G. Kölez, 1631
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German soldier
Frederick V, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, c. 1620; in the Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Ger.
Frederick V
elector Palatine of the Rhine
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar.
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
duke of Saxe-Weimar
Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich, count zu
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Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
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Montecuccoli, portrait by an unknown artist, 1670; in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
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Austrian field marshal
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Charles William Ferdinand of Brunswick
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Swedish military officer
Lennart Torstenson, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1648; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden.
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Mercy, Franz, Freiherr von
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