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Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (died 1632)

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Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim

Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire (1594–1632)

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim was a German field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War. A supporter of the Catholic League, he was mortally wounded during the Battle of Lützen fighting the Protestant forces under Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus.
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