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Melchior, Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt: Quick Facts

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Born October 10, 1593 • Germany
Died January 9, 1658 (aged 64) • Poland
Role In Battle of Wittstock • Thirty Years’ War
Tilly, detail from an engraving by G. Kölez, 1631
Johann Tserclaes, count von Tilly
Bavarian general
Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich, count zu
Gottfried Heinrich, count zu Pappenheim
German officer
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Bohemian military commander
Montecuccoli, portrait by an unknown artist, 1670; in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
Raimondo Montecuccoli
Austrian field marshal
Piccolomini-Pieri, Ottavio, duca d'Amalfi
Ottavio Piccolomini-Pieri, duca d’Amalfi
Austrian general
Ferdinand III, detail from a portrait from the studio of Peter Paul Rubens; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Ferdinand III
Holy Roman emperor
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Johan Banér
Swedish military officer
Mercy, Franz, Freiherr von
Franz, baron von Mercy
Austrian field marshal
Gallas, detail from an engraving
Matthias Gallas, count von Campo
Austrian general
Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Otto IV
Otto IV
Holy Roman emperor
Sigismund
Sigismund
Holy Roman emperor
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Ernst, count von Mansfeld
German general
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Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar.
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
duke of Saxe-Weimar
Frundsberg, Georg von
Georg von Frundsberg
German military officer
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Christian of Brunswick
German military commander
Hans von Arnim, detail from an engraving by Martin Bernigeroth after an oil painting by an unknown artist
Hans Georg von Arnim
German soldier and statesman
Gustav Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
French military leader