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Johan Banér was born at Djursholm Castle in Uppland. As a four-year-old he was forced to witness the execution of his father, the Privy Councillour Gustaf Banér, and uncle, Sten Axelsson Banér (also a Privy Councillour), at the Linköping Bloodbath in 1600, due to accusations of high treason by King Charles IX because of their support of ...
Johan Banér (born July 3 [June 23, Old Style], 1596, Djursholm Castle, Sweden—died May 20 [May 10], 1641, Halberstadt, Magdeburg [Germany]) was a Swedish field marshal who was one of the foremost soldiers in the Thirty Years’ War. His father, Gustaf Banér, a member of the King’s Council, was executed in 1600 after Charles IX’s defeat ...
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Battle of Rocroi. May 19, 1643. Battle of Freiburg. August 3, 1644 - August 9, 1644. Battle of Wittstock, (Oct. 4, 1636), military engagement of the Thirty Years’ War, the greatest victory of the Swedish general Johan Banér, pupil of Gustavus II Adolphus. The battle took place at a time when the Swedish army in Germany desperately needed a ...
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By combining his forces with other detachments under Horn, Johan Banér and Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar, he assembled somewhere around 37,500 men and 72 guns. The Swedes entered Nuremberg on 31 March, then captured Donauwörth on 6 April, near where Tilly had established a defensive line along the River Lech.
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Johan Banér (yōō´hän bänâr´), 1596–1641, Swedish field marshal in the Thirty Years War. He served (1626–29) in Poland and Russia and accompanied (1630) Gustavus II of Sweden to Germany. At Gustavus's death (1632) and the major Swedish defeat at Nördlingen, he became the chief Swedish general in ...
The Battle of Wittstock took place during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). It was fought on 24 September ( Julian calendar) or 4 October ( Gregorian calendar) 1636. A Swedish-allied army commanded jointly by Johan Banér and Alexander Leslie decisively defeated a combined Imperial - Saxon army, led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and the ...
Jul 8, 2018 · Johan Banér was born in Djursholm Castle, Sweden, on July 3, 1596. His father and uncle were both beheaded in 1600 on a charge of. Swedish field marshal. Johan ...
