BERNHARD, DUKE OF WEIMAR

BERNHARD, DUKE OF WEIMAR
   a great German general; distinguished himself on the Protestant side in the Thirty Years' war; fought under the standard of Gustavus Adolphus; held command of the left wing at the battle of Lützen, and completed the victory after the fall of Gustavus; died at Neuburg, as alleged, without sufficient proof, by poison (1604-1639).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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