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Johann von Werth (1591 – 16 January 1652), also Jan von Werth or in French Jean de Werth, was a German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War. Biography [ edit ] Werth was born in 1591 most likely at Büttgen in the Duchy of Jülich as the eldest son of the farmer Johann von Wierdt († 1606) and Elisabeth Streithoven.
- General of cavalry
- 1610-1648
Johann von Werth. Johann von Werth, Burggraf von Odenkirchen. Johann (Reichs)freiherr von Werth, genannt Jan von Werth und auch Jean de Werth, Jean de Weert oder Johann von Weerth (* 1591 in Büttgen; † 12. September 1652 auf Schloss Benatek) war einer der bekanntesten deutschen Reitergeneräle im Dreißigjährigen Krieg.
The Battle of Triebl or Battle of Třebel took place on 22 August 1647 during the Thirty Years' War. Imperial cavalry under Raimondo Montecuccoli and Johann von Werth launched a surprise attack on the Swedish camp of Carl Gustaf Wrangel and inflicted 380, or more than 1,300, losses on them in exchange for 200–300 casualties.
- 22 August 1647
- See Aftermath
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At mid-afternoon on 24 November, Johann von Werth led 2,000 cavalry in the first assault group against Möhringen and achieved instant success, wiping out a French infantry regiment of 500 men, including Spanish prisoners of war.
- 24–25 November 1643
- Tuttlingen (present-day Germany)
- Imperial-Bavarian-Spanish victory
WERTH [WEERT], JOHANN, Count Von (c. 1 595-1652), German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War, was born between 1590 and 1600 at Biittgen in the duchy of Juiich. His parents belonged to the numerous class of the lesser nobility, and at an early age he left home to follow the career of a soldier of fortune in the Walloon cavalry of the Spanish service.
Johann von Werth (1591-16 January 1652) was an Imperial German cavalry general who fought in the Thirty Years' War. Johann von Werth was born in Buttgen, Duchy of Julich, Germany in 1591. He left home in 1610 to become a mercenary cavalryman in Ambrogio Spinola's army in the Spanish Netherlands, serving in the War of the Julich Succession before he moved to Bohemia to fight for the Imperial ...
Johann von Werth, Johann von Werdt, Jean de Weert, född 1591, död 12 september 1652, greve, tysk militär. Johann von Werth föddes i i dåvarande hertigdömet Jülich. Hans föräldrar var bönder. I början av 1620-talet tjänade han som enkel ryttare i den spanske generalen Ambrogio Spinolas här samt stred i Nederländerna och Elsass.
