THEY DO NOT SOW: OF IRONBORN AND IMPERIALISTS

To keep up with the Lützen/30YW theme of this day's posts... I have recently discovered, by chance, astonishing likenesses between the Greyjoys and the Catholics that fought in the Thirty Years' War.
To start with, the Greyjoy coat of arms strikingly resembles that of the Habsburg Empire (with inverted colour scheme and a kraken in the eagle's stead):

Lord Balon, the Greyjoy patriarch, is just like Jean 't Serclaes, Count of Tilly: aged, gray-haired and slender; stubborn, cool, rather religious and conservative. And the Westeros veteran even died in a fall crossing a bridge, his successor being Wallenstein-like younger brother Euron...(the similarities stop at the clean shave and non-celibacy!):

Euron, Lord Balon Greyjoy's younger brother and the second in order of birth, is the spitting image of Wallenstein: a raven-haired and lilywhite epicurean famous for his unpredictable mood and skill at mind games and psychological warfare. He is as clever and cunning, as sadistic and fond of the fine things in life and as ambitious as the notorious Duke of Friedland, who has, like him, been banished from the realm due to his corruption (the similarities stop at the heterochromia, and that he gets drunk on a liquid drug called "Shade of the Evening" instead of Cognac and Riesling! Ah! And, unlike Wallenstein, Euron has managed to take the helm and dethrone the rigthful heir!):

 

Victarion, the youngest of the Greyjoy Bros., reminds me of Count Pappenheim, the leader of the Catholic cavalry: a dark-haired devoutly religious man, but also a fierce and reckless warrior in battle. Victarion has always loyal to Lord Balon, to the cause, and to his religious faith. Their hairstyles even resemble each other's!:

The brothers' father, Lord Balon's predecessor, Lord Quellon Greyjoy, would consequently be Kaiser Ferdinand II. Though I have no images of Quellon or much information about him...

Finally, young heir Theon (son of the late Lord Balon, but next in line after Euron's coup) would be Archduke (later, Kaiser) Leopold of Austria. The young hopeful with the innocence, the self-confidence, and the good looks (though not the Kaiser stand-in's son) (OK, Leopold does not appear so "good-looking" in the picture):