# Duke Bernhard of Weimar — The Adventurous Simplicissimus character guide

> Duke Bernhard of Weimar in The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Weimar

**First appearance:** 0052-xv-of-simplicissimus-life-with-the-troopers-and-what-he-saw-and-learned-among-the-croats

## Who they are

A prominent Protestant general in the Thirty Years' War.

## In the story

### [How Simplicissimus Led the Life of a Nobleman, and How the Croats Robbed Him of This When They Stole Himself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xiv-how-simplicissimus-led-the-life-of-a-nobleman-and-how-the-croats-robbed-him-of-this-when-they-stole-himself)

Mentioned as one of the potential recipients of Simplicissimus as a gift from the Governor.

### [VIII: How Simplicissimus Endured a Cheerless Bath in the Rhine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-how-simplicissimus-endured-a-cheerless-bath-in-the-rhine)

Mentioned as the recipient of Herr von Schönstein's secret military reports and plans.

### [Discourses of the Order of the Marauder Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xi-discourses-of-the-order-of-the-marauder-brothers)

His troops capture Simplicissimus's horse and servant at Kenzingen, and later capture Simplicissimus himself.

### [XII: Of a Desperate Fight for Life in Which Each Party Doth Yet Escape Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xii-of-a-desperate-fight-for-life-in-which-each-party-doth-yet-escape-death)

Duke of Weimar, whose troops Simplicissimus is now part of; he writes to secure Simplicissimus's release.

### [A Brief Example of That Trade Which Oliver Followed, Wherein He Was a Master and Simplicissimus Should Be a Prentice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xxi-a-brief-example-of-that-trade-which-oliver-followed-wherein-he-was-a-master-and-simplicissimus-should-be-a-prentice)

Mentioned as the army from which the stolen horses originated.

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