Arvid Wittenberg (1606-7 September 1657) was a Swedish count and field marshal who served in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography[]
Arvid Wittenberg was born in Porvoo, Finland in 1606, and he began his military career in 1622 and fought at the 1634 First Battle of Nordlingen as a colonel; he was captured there before being freed. He later fought at the 1636 Battle of Wittstock and the 1639 Battle of Chemnitz before being promoted to Major-General, and he served under Lennart Torstensson for the rest of the war, including at the 1642 Second Battle of Breitenfeld and the 1645 Battle of Jankau. King Charles X Gustav of Sweden promoted Wittenberg to the rank of Field Marshal in 1655, and he attacked Poland and captured Krakow before defending Warsaw against King John II Casimir Vasa. He was captured on Warsaw's fall and died in prison in Zamosc.