Lennart Torstensson information

Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer. He was born...

Lennart Torstensson or Lennart Torstenson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (1603–1651), Swedish Field Marshal & military engineer Klas Torstensson...

containing around 16,000 men. The more mobile and better led Swedes under Lennart Torstensson effectively destroyed their opponents, commanded by Melchior von...

general. He taught a number of other military commanders, such as Lennart Torstensson, who would go on to expand the boundaries and power of the Swedish...

surprise multi-front attack on Denmark in May. Swedish Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson was ordered to march against Denmark. Proceeding from Moravia, his...

one of Gustavus' greatest military achievements. During 13 April, Lennart Torstensson supervised the construction of Swedish artillery positions opposite...

Gustavsson, her illegitimate half-brother barony of Virestad to Lennart Torstensson barony of Kronoberg to Peder Sparre barony of Korpo (in Finland)...

lost his command for the first time. Called back in 1643 to stop Lennart Torstensson who soon retreated to attack Denmark, Gallas was ordered to follow...

1634 Johan Banér 1596–1641 1636 Alexander Leslie 1580–1661 1641 Lennart Torstensson 1603–1651 1644 Gustaf Carlsson Horn 1592–1657 1646 Carl Gustaf Wrangel...

Council decided upon war; on 12 December the Swedish Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson, advancing from Bohemia, crossed the southern frontier of Denmark;...

Thirty Years' War, the city was besieged by the army of General Lennart Torstensson, but was not conquered. An important milestone in the history of...

Their subordinate officers included the Swedish Count and Major General Lennart Torstenson, Lieutenant General James King (later first Lord Eythin), and...

1541) 1638 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (b. 1576) 1651 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603) 1658 – Juan Eusebio...

After having distinguished himself as a fortification officer with Lennart Torstensson, he was entrusted with the command of all the Swedish fortifications...

abandoned the siege and fell back via Chemnitz to join forces with Lennart Torstensson. The Saxon commander underestimated the Swedish strength and pursued...

settle the score with Denmark. Swedish troops led by Field Marshal Lennart Torstensson attacked Danish Jutland from Germany, while Field Marshal Gustav...

The Swedes had been defeated. The Commander of the Swedish artillery, Lennart Torstenson, was taken prisoner and locked up for nearly a year at Ingolstadt...

the arms of Sweden. In 1643, Sweden's armies, under the command of Lennart Torstensson, suddenly invaded Denmark without declaring war. The ensuing conflict...

a not a through street to Strandvägen. The street is named after Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651)...

entire Swedish army but lost the second battle of Breitenfeld against Lennart Torstensson. Thereafter he spent several years in the Spanish service and received...

conquered but then it fell into the hands of the Swedish Field Marshall Lennart Torstensson, who, on his departure in 1645, blew up three parts of the building...

corps under Erik Slang at Troppau. This forced the Swedish commander Lennart Torstensson to relieve the siege of Brieg. Montecuccoli was appointed to...