Mansfeld's Mercenary Campaigns (1620s)

Name: Mansfeld's Mercenary Campaigns (1620s)
Start: 1620
End: 1626

Type Event Region Europe Time 1620–1626

From 1620 to 1626, the Protestant mercenary commander Ernst von Mansfeld fought continuously in Bohemia, the Palatinate, and the Rhineland, attemptin…

Timeline

1620–1621Bohemian frontier · BohemiaAfter the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, Mansfeld gathered the Bohemian remnants and conducted mobile warfare based in Upper Silesia and Moravia, delaying imperial control over the whole region.
1621–1623Palatinate and Rhineland · Rhineland-PalatinateFrom 1621 to 1623, Mansfeld shifted to the Palatinate, clashing repeatedly with Tilly's Catholic League forces; though he won tactical victories at battles such as Mingolsheim, he could not prevent the imperial army from capturing Heidelberg.
1624–1626Netherlands frontier to the Balkans · BalkansAfter 1624 Mansfeld received funding from the Dutch Republic, operating along the Netherlands frontier and the upper Rhine; in 1626, while en route to fight in the Balkans in Venetian service, he died of illness in Bosnia, and his corps was disbanded.

Sources

Wilson, Peter H. The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy — Peter H. Wilson (2009)
Britannica: Ernst von Mansfeld https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-von-Mansfeld