Bernhard
Duke of Saxe-Weimar, a German military officer, born in 1604.
He entered the army, and early distinguished himself. He joined the army of Gustavus Adolphus, in 1631, in the war against the House of Austria. He took part in the siege of Würzburg, assisted at the passage of Oppenheim, took Mannheim, and drove the enemy from the Palatinate. He began the conquest of Bavaria, completed the victory of Lützen after the fall of Gustavus, and drove the Austrians from Saxony . He afterward had a command subordinate to Marshal Horn. He took Ratisbon, which was soon lost, and, with Horn, was defeated at Nördlingen, in September, 1634. Soon after he accepted a subsidy from the King of France, and concerted operations with Richelieu. In 1638 he won the battle of Rheinfeld , and took Alt-Breisach. He died in 1639.