Johann von Werth [SEP] conflict
Johann von Werth
Count Johann von Werth (1591 – 16 January 1652), also "Jan von Werth" or in French "Jean de Werth", was a German general of cavalry in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography.
Werth was born in 1591 at Büttgen in the Duchy of Jülich as the eldest son of lesser noble Johann von Wierdt († 1606) and Elisabeth Streithoven. He had eight brothers and sisters. At an early age he left home to become a soldier of fortune in the
Duke made Freiburg the seat of his "princely Saxon government", but with his sudden death, his conquered territories went to France in 1639.
In the summer of 1644, an imperial Bavarian army led by generals Franz von Mercy and Johann van Werth relieved the city. Subsequently, this led to the Battle of Freiburg. This battle featured the imperial Bavarian army against the French-Weimarian troops led by marshals Turenne and Enghien. At the end of the multi-day conflict, there was no winners but only losers