Gustave- Adolphe (Gustavus II.) : king of Sweden from

1611 to 1632. He sided with the Protestant princes during the Thirty Years' War, and after defeating the impérial gênerais at Breitenfeld and Wiirzburg and near the Lech, was killed in the battle of Liitzen.

Wallenstein (1583-1634): a famous gênerai in the service of the emperor Ferdinand II. He was thinking of securing his independence and the crown of Bohemia, when the emperor, informed of his design, caused him to be assassinated. He is the subject of one of Schiller's finest dramatic works.

Tilly (1559-1632) : another of the emperor's gênerais. He overcame the Protestants on the White Mountain, conquered the Palatinate, sacked Magdeburg, but was defeated by Gustavus Adolphus at Breitenfeld and on the Lech, where he was mortally wounded.