Battle of Breitenfeld
Part of the Thirty Years' War
Date October 23, 1642 Location Breitenfeld, Saxony Result Decisive Swedish victory
Combatants
Sweden	Holy Roman Empire
Commanders
Lennart Torstenson	Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Ottavio Piccolomini
Strength
15,000	20,000 - 25,000 46 guns
Casualties
4,000 killed and wounded	15,000 killed and wounded 5,000 prisoners

The Second Battle of Breitenfeld (October 23, 1642), also known as the "First Battle of Leipzig", took place at Breitenfeld (4 miles north-east of Leipzig), Germany, during the Thirty Years' War eleven years after the first battle there had unbottled the Swedish forces under Gustavus II Adolphus when he'd handed Count-Field Marshal Tilly his first major defeat in fifty years of soldiering on the same plain. Both battles were decisive victories for Swedish led forces in their intervention on behalf of Protestants Princes of The Germanies against the German Catholic League. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 4 - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. ... Breitenfeld is a town in the Landkreis of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ... 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The Protestant forces, led by Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson, defeated an army of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy, Prince-General Ottavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Count Lennart Torstenson (August 17, 1603 - April 7, 1651) was a Swedish soldier and military engineer and the son of Torsten Lennartson, commandant of Älvsborg Fortress. ... The extent of the Holy Roman Empire around 1630, superimposed over modern European state borders Capital None Language(s) Latin, German, many others Religion Roman Catholicism Government Monarchy Emperor  - 962–967 Otto I  - 973–983 Otto II  - 996–1002 Otto III  - 1014– 1024 Henry II  - 1027–1039 Conrad II  - 1046... Archduke Leopold-William of Habsburg (Wiener Neustadt January 5, 1614 -Vienna November 20, 1662), was a Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, a military commander and a patron of the arts. ... Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi (November 11, 1599 - August 11, 1656), Austrian generalfeldmarschall, was born in Florence, and carried a pike in the Spanish service at the age of sixteen. ...

The Imperial army had 20,000 casualties, and 5,000 of them were taken prisoner. 46 guns were also seized. The Imperail army, however, managed to kill or wound 4,000 Swedes; among them, General Torsten Stålhandske, who led the Finnish Hakkapeliitta Cavalry, received a serious wound. Torsten StÃ¥lhandske (BorgÃ¥ 1594 -† Haderslev, April 21, 1644) — Swedish for Torsten Steelglove, sometimes written StÃ¥lhansch in the Swedish of the times, and referred to in German literature as Torsten Staalhansch, was a Finnish officer in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years War. ... Hakkapeliitta (also known as Hackapelit, Hackapelite, Haccapelit or Haccapelite), was the name given in Germany to the Finnish horsemen of King Gustav II Adolph of Sweden during the Thirty Years War. ...

The battle enabled Sweden to occupy Saxony. His defeat made Emperor Ferdinand III more willing to negotiate peace, and renounce the Preliminaries of Hamburg. Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DED Capital Dresden Minister-President Georg Milbradt (CDU) Governing parties CDU / SPD Votes in Bundesrat 4 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  18,416 km² (7,110 sq mi) Population 4,252,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 231 /km... Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (July 13, 1608 – April 2, 1657), ruled February 15, 1637 – 1657. ...

See also

• Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
• Battle of Leipzig (1813)

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