Melchior von Hatzfeldt

Generalfeldmarschall Graf Melchior Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt
Melchior von Hatzfeldt
Born	20 October 1593 Westerwald, Holy Roman Empire
Died	9 January 1658 (aged 64) Powitzko, Habsburg Silesia (now Powidzko, Poland)
Buried	Prausnitz, Habsburg Silesia
Allegiance	Holy Roman Empire
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Battles/wars	Thirty Years War Battle of Stadtlohn (1623) Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) Siege of Kaiserslautern (1635) Siege of Magdeburg (1636) Battle of Wittstock (1636) Battle of Vlotho (1638) Siege of Dorsten (1641) Battle of Tuttlingen (1643) Battle of Jankau (1645) Second Northern War Siege of Kraków (1657)

Melchior Graf von Gleichen und Hatzfeldt (Westerwald, 20 October 1593 – Powitzko, 9 January 1658) was an Imperial Field Marshal. He fought in the Thirty Years' War first under Albrecht von Wallenstein and Matthias Gallas, then received an independent command in Westphalia. Usually successful with a smaller corps on this secondary front and victorious at Vlotho and Dorsten, he lost at Wittstock and Jankau in his brief intermezzos as commander of major armies.