Battle of Lützen (1632)

Richard Hook

The Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632,^[c] was one of the most important of the Thirty Years' War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Saxony, and Hesse-Kassel, narrowly defeated an Imperial force under Albrecht von Wallenstein. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, with Gustavus himself among the dead.