Reinhold von Rosen
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Reinhold von Rosen | |
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 Reinhold von Rosen | |
| Born | 1605 |
| Died | 8 December 1667 (aged 62) |
| Buried | St Jacques, Dettwiller |
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Reinhold von Rosen (1605 – 8 December 1667) was a member of the Baltic German nobility from Straupe in modern Latvia, who served first Sweden, then France, during the Thirty Years' War.
Career
Reinhold served Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in his youth. In 1632, at the Battle of Lützen in which Gustavus Adolphus fell, he commanded a cavalry regiment. He then served Bernard of Saxe-Weimar On 17 July 1635 he successfully defended the Protestant town of Zweibrücken menaced by imperial troops. When Bernard died in 1639, he and the entire Weimar army went into French service and served under Condé and Turenne. He fought under Turenne in his defeat against Mercy at the Battle of Herbsthausen and was taken prisoner.
