Battle of Lützen
Battle of Lutzen by Carl Whalbom depicting King Gustavus Aolphus falling from a horse mortally wounded in a melee
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on 16 November 1632.
Location
Near Lützen, southwest of Leipzig
(present-day Germany)
51°15′N 12°08′E / 51.250°N 12.133°E / 51.250; 12.133
Result Protestant victory
(see Aftermath section)
Belligerents
Sweden Sweden
Protestant Union
 Holy Roman Empire
Catholic League
Commanders and leaders
Sweden Gustavus Adolphus 
Sweden Dodo von Knyphausen
Electorate of Saxony Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
Sweden Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis
Holy Roman Empire Albrecht von Wallenstein
Holy Roman Empire Heinrich Holk
Holy Roman Empire Count Gottfried zu Pappenheim (DOW)
Strength
12,800 infantry
6,200 cavalry
60 guns
10,000 infantry
7,000 cavalry, plus 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry on arrival
24 guns
Casualties and losses
3,400 dead and 1,600 wounded or missing Probably about the same as Swedish casualties[1]