Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck was a German and Dutch Field Marshal and, for the last three years of his life, Grand Master of the Order of Saint John.
Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
Posthumous portrait of Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck circa 1750 by Tischbein
Battle of Cassel (1677)
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The Battle of Cassel, also known as the Battle of Peene, took place on 11 April 1677 during the Franco-Dutch War, near Cassel, 15 km west of Saint-Omer. A French army commanded by the duc de Luxembour
Battle of Cassel, April 1677
Allied commander William of Orange, c. 1677
The Peene Becque, a relatively minor obstacle that played a significant part in the battle
Mont-Cassel, assembly point for the Dutch-Spanish army