Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin

Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin or Bauditz (1579–1646) was a distinguished Protestant German cavalry commander who rose to the rank of field marshal during the Thirty Years' War.

[1] Born in Luppa, Upper Lusatia, Baudissin entered Danish service when he was 28, being promoted to Oberst in 1625.

After the Treaty of Lübeck Baudissin entered the service of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden as a colonel of horse, fighting in the Polish campaign of 1627–29, where he was captured by the Poles and later exchanged.

With his cavalry regiment he accompanied Gustavus Adolphus to Germany in 1630, and led a contingent of Swedish forces at Werben in 1631, in Westphalia, and near Cologne.

He captured Bingen, besieged Spanish troops at Drachenfels Castle, and sacked the town of Andernach in 1633, rising to general-leutnant of cavalry in Swedish service.