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unusual facts about Thirty Years War



City Palace, Berlin

After the Thirty Years War (1618–1648), Frederick William (1620–1688), the "Great Elector", embellished the palace further.

Daniel Blok

Houbraken goes on to say that he made a genealogical and heraldic family tree for the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and went from being painter to becoming courtier, but he lost everything in a fire in 1651 during the Thirty Years War.

Ernesto Montecuccoli

Count Ernesto Montecuccoli (died 1633) was a General in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War, a member of the prominent Italian Montecuccoli Family.

Hans de Witte

Hans de Witte (1583-1630) was a German financier who was the main financial backer of Albrecht von Wallenstein's army during the Thirty Years War.

John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Political instability caused by warfare during the Thirty Years War caused John to be educated in Zerbst, Coswig, and Wittenberg at various times.

Knittlingen

In 1632 during the Thirty Years War, Knittlingen was burned down by troops of General Ernesto Montecuccoli who fought on the side of the Empire.

Leopold Eberhard, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard

Is known that after the Thirty Years War, the right of confiscation was held by his uncle and predecessor Leopold Frederick, and thus vacant property was merged to the Ducal domain.

Sulu Archipelago

In the second half of the 18th century, Great Britain became a new player in the archipelago After occupying Manila from 1762 – 64, during the Thirty years war between Spain and Great Britain, the British Army withdrew to the south and established trading alliances between the Sulu Sultanate and the British East India Company.

Théâtre Lyrique

The alterations to Weber's opera were both textual and musical and involved a change in setting from Bohemia during the Thirty Years War to ostensibly Yorkshire during the reign of Charles I, although Sir Walter Scott's novels may also have been an influence, since Scotland is also mentioned.


see also

Battle of Kolberg

Battle of Colberger Heide (1644), during the Danish-Swedish War, a theater of the Thirty Years' War

Battle of Nuremberg

Siege of Nuremberg, a battle fought during the Thirty Years' War between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire in 1632

Battle of Wiesloch

Battle of Mingolsheim, fought on April 27, 1622 near the German town of Wiesloch, part of the Thirty Years' War

Pappenheimer

This expression dates back to the Thirty Years' War and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.

Treaty of Münster

Peace of Münster, a treaty between the Dutch Republic and Spain signed in January 1648 ending the Thirty Years' War

Veste Heldburg

After several conquests and plundering during the Thirty Years War the castle was held in 1776 and re-attached residence of the Ernestine dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen and finally in 1871 became the property of the ducal house of Meiningen.