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Edict of Restitution
The Edict of Restitution, passed eleven years into the Thirty Years' Wars on March 6, 1629 following Catholic successes at arms, was a belated attempt by Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor to impose and restore the religious and territorial situations reached in the Peace of Augsburg (1555). From the...
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John George I, Elector of Saxony
John George I (German: Johann Georg I; 5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656.
Born in Dresden, he was the second son of the Elector Christian I and Sophie of Brandenburg.
He succeeded to the electorate in 23 June...
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (German: Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar) (16 August 1604 – 18 July 1639) was a German prince and general in the Thirty Years' War.
Born in Weimar within the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Bernard was the eleventh son of Johann, Duke of...
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (help·info) (also Waldstein; Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634), a Bohemian soldier and politician, gave his services (an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men)...
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Frederick V (German: Friedrich V.) (August 26, 1596 – November 29, 1632) was Elector Palatine (1610–23), and, as Frederick I (Czech: Fridrich Falcký), King of Bohemia (1619–20, for his short reign here often nicknamed the Winter King, Czech: Zimní...
Christian IV of Denmark
Christian IV (12 April 1577 – 28 February 1648) was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 until his death. He is sometimes referred to as Christian Firtal in Denmark and Christian Kvart or Quart in Norway.
The son of Frederick II, king of Denmark...
Johan Banér
Johan Banér (23 June 1596 – 10 May 1641) was a Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War.
Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four year old he was forced to witness how his father, the Privy Councillour Gustaf Banér, and...
Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), was a French clergyman, noble, and statesman.
Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616....
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustav II Adolf (9 December 1594 – 6 November 1632, O.S.), widely known in English by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and variously in historical writings sometimes as simply just Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolf the Great, ...
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé
Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé, le Grand Condé (8 September, 1621 – 11 December, 1686) was a French general and the most famous representative of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Prior to his father's death in 1646, he was styled the duc...
