Gottfried Huyn von Geleen

Gottfried, Count Huyn, Baron of Gleen or Godefridus Comes ab Huyn Baro de Geleen (died 27 August 1657), rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the service of the Holy Roman Emperor during the 30 Years War.

Gottfried was born in Flanders. In 1615 he joined the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire in Italy as a volunteer. In 1618 he joined the Anholt Regiment of the Bavarian Army and remained with the regiment rising to the rank of colonel. While serving in the regiment he participated in the Count of Tilly's campaigns in Bohemia and the Rhine, then took part in the Siege of Magdeburg and at the Battle of Leipzig.

After the Baron of Gleen had distinguished himself in 1632 by the defence of Wolfenbüttel against the Duke of Lüneburg, in June 1633 he received an independent command in Westphalia. With luck and skill, his 10,000 Catholic League troops scattered the armies of the Landgrave of Hesse and the Duke of Lüneburg, and against the Swedes under Torsten Stalhandske.

Gleen joined the imperial service with the rank of generalwachtmeister (major-general). He fought in with the Imperial and Bavarian armies under Count of Hatzfeld and Count of Götz against Sweden and helped in the campaign that drove the Swedes under the command of Johan Banér back to the Baltic.

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