Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
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The Battle of Breitenfeld, 17 September 1631, took place during the Thirty Years' War outside Breitenfeld, Leipzig, in modern Saxony. In one of the most significant battles of the war, a combined Swed
Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) by Matthäus Merian the Elder after a drawing by Olof Örnehufvud.
Commemorative monument at Breitenfeld erected during the bicentenary of the battle. The inscription in German reads: Freedom of belief for the world, saved at Breitenfeld, Gustavus Adolphus, Christian and hero.
Gustav II Adolf at the Battle of Breitenfeld by an unknown artist.
Gustavus Adolphus
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Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. He is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power. During his reign, Sweden b
Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
…army made up of Imperial and Catholic League troops. Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War began in June 1630 when nearly 18,000 soldiers under Gustavus Adolphus landed in Pomerania. He made an alliance with John George I, Elector of Saxony, prompting an invasion of Saxony in early 1631 by Imperial troops led…
Portrait attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel, 1624
Gustav Adolf's parents, King Charles IX and Queen Christina
Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld in 1631
Death of Gustavus Adolphus at Lützen by Carl Wahlbom (1855)