Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
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The Battle of Nördlingen, fought over two days from 5 to 6 September 1634, was a major battle of the Thirty Years' War. An Imperial-Spanish force led by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand and Ferdinand of
The Battle of Nördlingen by Jan van den Hoecke
The Victory of the Two Ferdinands, Peter Paul Rubens (1635)
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand was a Spanish and Portuguese prince, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal of the Holy Catholic Church, Archduke of Austria, Archbishop of Toledo, and a general duri
Portrait by Gaspar de Crayer (1584–1669)
Archduke Ferdinand in 1635 depicted by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. Collection of John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
"Ferdinand Receives the Keys of the City from the Virgin of Ghent", print after a painting made by Antoon van den Heuvel for the Joyous Entry by the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand into Ghent in 1635
Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as Actaeon by Diego Velázquez