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Battle of Lützen (1632)

Battle of Lützen
Part of the Thirty Years' War
Battle of Lutzen
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on 16 November 1632.
Date 6 November (O.S.) or 16 November (N.S.), 1632
Location Near Lützen, southwest of Leipzig
(present-day Germany)

51°15′N 12°08′E / 51.250°N 12.133°E / 51.250; 12.133Coordinates: 51°15′N 12°08′E / 51.250°N 12.133°E / 51.250; 12.133
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden Sweden
Protestant Union

 Holy Roman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Sweden Gustavus Adolphus 

Electorate of Saxony Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar

Sweden Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis

Holy Roman Empire Albrecht von Wallenstein

Holy Roman Empire Count Gottfried zu Pappenheim (DOW)
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
Casualties and losses
3,400 dead and 1,600 wounded or missing Probably about the same as Swedish casualties

 Holy Roman Empire

Sweden Gustavus Adolphus 

Electorate of Saxony Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar

Holy Roman Empire Albrecht von Wallenstein


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