Dodo Knyphausen

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Baron Dodo Knyphausen, zu Innhausen und Knyphausen, (1583 - 1636) born in East Frisia, was a German soldier who entered into Swedish service in 1629 and was appointed Field Marshal in 1633. In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), he commanded troops at the Battle of Lützen, in 1632, the Battle of Oldendorf, in 1633 and the Battle of Haselünne, in 1636, where he fell.

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