Baron Simon Grundel Helmfelt (1617-1677), SwedishField marshal. Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ...
Served in the Thirty Years' War from 1641. Knighted in 1646. Governor of Riga in 1656 and governor of Narva in 1668. Returned to Stockholm in 1676 to become Commander in chief of the Swedish army during the Scanian War. Distinguished himself at the battle of Lund. Killed in action at the battle of Landskrona. The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... Riga (Rīga in Latvian), the capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of River Daugava, at 56°58′ N 24°8′ E. Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states and serves as a major cultural, educational, political, financial, commercial and industrial... The reconstructed fortress of Narva (to the left) overlooking the Russian fortress of Ivangorod (to the right). ... Stockholm? is the capital and the largest city in Sweden. ... Scanian War (Danish: Skånske Krig) was the Nordic part of the Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678). ... The Battle of Lund was fought on December 4, 1676 to the north of the city of Lund in Sweden. ...
The Battle of Lund on December 4, 1676 was fought in an area north of the city of Lund in Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden.
After the Swedish defeat at Fehrbellin and a number of Danish triumphs at sea, the Swedish military was occupied retaining the tenuous hold on dominions in Brandenburg and Pommern.
During the fighting, the Danish commander Carl von Arensdorff was badly wounded, and the entire left wing was forced to retreat the battle at 10:00, severely crippling the Danish army.
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