Nils Brahe
Nils Brahe (
1604-
1632),
Swedish soldier and younger brother of
Per Brahe that served with distinction under
Gustavus Adolphus. He took part in the Polish War, at siege and capture of
Riga in
1621, served with distinction in
Poland (
1626-
1627) and assisted in the defence of
Stralsund in
1628. In
1630 he accompanied Gustavus into Germany, in the
Thirty Years' War and in 1631 was appointed colonel of "the yellow regiment," the king’s world-renowned life-guards, at the head of which he captured the castle of
Würzburg on
October 8,
1631. He took part in the long duel between Gustavus and
Wallenstein round
Nuremberg as general of infantry, and commanded the left wing at
Lützen,
November 6,
1632, where he was the only Swedish general officer present. At the very beginning of the fight he was mortally wounded. The king regarded Brahe as the best general in the
Swedish army after
Lennart Torstenson.
See also: Per Brahe, Nils Magnus Brahe, List of Swedish military commanders
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