Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches
1608 CE – 1682 CE
Jean-Louis Raduit de Souches (16 August 1608 to 12 August 1682), was a French-born professional soldier, who served in the Swedish and Imperial armies. A capable officer who reached the rank of Field Marshal, his career was marred by a tendency to quarrel with his colleagues and superiors. Born into a family of minor French Protestant nobility, de Souches went into exile after the Siege of La Rochelle in 1629.
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Born · 1608 CE
3 May 1645Siege of Brno (1645)The siege of Brno, which occurred from 3 May to 23 August 1645, was the second Swedish siege of the city of Brno in the last years of the Thirty Years'…
19 July 1664Siege of LévaThis page is partially a translation of the French version
The siege of Léva was fought on 19 July 1664 as part of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664),…
Died · 1682 CE
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