Source
Source: Lazarus von Schwendi, copper plate engraving by an unknown artist, 1552. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Portraitsammlung Inventar-Nr. 47/49, https://www.portraitindex.de/documents/obj/33208152
Abstract
The illegitimate son of a Swabian nobleman, Lazarus von Schwendi (1522-84) studied at Basel and Strasbourg. At age twenty-four, he entered the military service of Emperor Maximilian II., for whom he fought against the Protestant Schmalkaldic League in 1546-47, against France, in the Netherlands, and later against the Ottomans as supreme commander in Hungary.
Lazarus von Schwendi (1552)
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Recommended Citation
Lazarus von Schwendi (1552),
published in: German History in Documents and Images,
<https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3345>
[May 09, 2025].