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Battle of Lützen |
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Part of the Thirty Years' War |
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The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on 16 November 1632. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden
Protestant Union |
Holy Roman Empire
● Catholic League |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gustavus Adolphus ♰
● Dodo von Knyphausen Bernhard of Saxe- Weimar Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis |
Albrecht von
Wallenstein
● Heinrich Holk Count Gottfried zu Pappenheim | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12,800 infantry
6,200 cavalry
60 guns |
10,000 infantry
7,000 cavalry, plus 3,000
infantry and 2,000 cavalry
on arrival
24 guns |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,400 dead and 1,600
wounded or missing |
Probably about the same
as Swedish casualties |