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3 unusual facts about Nils Brahe


Nils Brahe

In 1630 he accompanied Gustavus into Germany, in the Thirty Years' War and in 1631 was appointed colonel of "the yellow regiment," the king’s world-renowned life-guards, at the head of which he captured the castle of Würzburg on October 8, 1631.

Count Nils Brahe (October 14, 1604 – November 21, 1632) was a Swedish soldier and younger brother of Per Brahe.

Brahe took part in the long duel between Gustavus and Wallenstein around Nuremberg as general of infantry, and commanded the left wing at Lützen on November 6, 1632, where he was the only Swedish general officer present.



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