Battle of Drakenburg
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The Battle of Drakenburg took place on 23 May 1547 to the north of Nienburg, between the Protestant army of the Schmalkaldic League and the imperial troops of Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prin
Sand dune on the battlefield today.
John Frederick I was the Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire from the Ernestine branch of the Saxon ruling House of Wettin, who initially governed over the Ernestine Electorate of
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531
Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau, by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1544
Battle of Mühlberg 1547 and imprisonment of Elector John Frederick I of Saxony. Painting from 1630, German Historical Museum, Berlin
John Frederick in captivity, painted by Titian c. 1550–51. Note the scar on the left of his face, received at Mühlberg.