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4 unusual facts about Gustav Horn, Count of Pori


Ernesto Montecuccoli

On 16 August of the same year, Montecuccoli's forces were defeated in the Battle of Wiesloch by a Swedish army led by Count Gustav Horn.

Gustav Horn

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (1592–1657), Swedish/Finnish soldier and politician

Malla, Estonia

Around 1620, the estate became the property of Swedish field marshal Gustav Horn.

William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

In 1631, Wilhelm lost Baden to the Swedish General Gustav Horn and regained control only after the Peace of Prague (1635) and the Peace of Westphalia on 24 October 1648.


Gustav Horn

Gustav Evertsson Horn (1614–1666), Finnish-Swedish military and politician

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori

Horn was taken prisoner and held by Catholic army in Burghausen Castle until 1642.

At the battle of Breitenfeld in 1631, Horn prevented the Imperial force, under Tilly, from flanking the main body of the Swedish army after their Saxon allies fled the field.


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