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Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar was a German prince and one of the leading Protestant generals of the Thirty Years' War. Serving Sweden, he took command at the Battle of Lützen in 1632 after Gustavus Adolphus was killed, but was heavily defeated at Nördlingen in 1634. He then fought for France, captured the fortress of Breisach in 1638 and hoped to rule Alsace, but died suddenly in 1639.
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