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Melchior Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt ( Westerwald, 20 October 1593 – Powitzko, 9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal. He fought in the Thirty Years' War first under Albrecht von Wallenstein and Matthias Gallas, then received an independent command in Westphalia. Usually successful with a smaller corps on this secondary front and ...
Although his opponent Melchior von Hatzfeldt was a competent tactical leader, he was unable to control his subordinates, Johann von Götzen, and Johann von Werth. In addition, many of his troops were poorly equipped remnants from defeated armies, his best unit being 5,000 veteran Bavarian cavalry under von Werth. Battle
- 6 March 1645
- Swedish victory
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Mar 12, 2024 · Melchior, Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt was a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). Though active in every theatre of the war, he proved no match for the leading Protestant generals. From 1625 to 1632 Hatzfeldt campaigned under the imperial generalissimo.
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Melchior von Hatzfeldt (20 October 1593-9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal who served in the Thirty Years' War. Melchior von Hatzfeldt was born in Westerwald, Holy Roman Empire in 1593, the older brother of Prince-Bishop Franz von Hatzfeldt of Wurzburg. He entered the Reichsarmee at the start of the Thirty Years' War, and he fought at the 1623 Battle of Stadtlohn before entering ...
Melchior Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt (Westerwald, 20 October 1593 – Powitzko, 9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal. He fought in the Thirty Years' War first under Albrecht von Wallenstein and Matthias Gallas, then received an independent command in Westphalia. Usually successful with a smaller corps on this secondary front and victorious at Vlotho and Dorsten, he lost at ...
Melchior Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt (Westerwald, 20 October 1593 – Powidzko, 9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal, who fought in the Thirty Years' War under Albrecht von Wallenstein and Matthias Gallas. He was the second of five sons of Sebastian von Hatzfeldt and Lucie von Sickingen. His younger brother was Franz von Hatzfeldt, Bishopric of Würzburg. In 1620 he entered the ...
