PAPPENHEIM, COUNT VON

PAPPENHEIM, COUNT VON
   imperial general, born in Bavaria; played a prominent part in the Thirty Years' War; was distinguished for his zeal as well as his successes on the Catholic side; was mortally wounded at Lützen, expressed his gratitude to God when he learned that Gustavas Adolphus, who fell in the same battle, had died before him (1594-1632).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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