Arvid Wittenberg
Count Arvid Wittenberg (* 1606 , † 1657 ) was a Swedish officer, since 1655 in the rank of field marshal .
Wittenberg joined the army at the age of sixteen, distinguished himself in the Battle of Wittstock in 1636 , and was promoted to major general in 1639 . Wittenberg was in command of the right wing of the Swedish army in the battles near Breitenfeld (1642) and Jankau (1645). In the Polish War of the Wittelsbacher Karl X. Gustav , Arvid Wittenberg conquered Krakow in 1655 and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Warsaw , but had to surrender in 1656 after the successful siege of the Polish capital by King John II Casimir . He died as a Polish prisoner of war .
literature
- Svenska uppslagsboken . Malmo 1926-37.
- Bernd Warlich: The Thirty Years' War in personal reports , chronicles and reports , Wittenberg
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| SURNAME | Wittenberg, Arvid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish officer (field marshal from 1655) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1606 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1657 |