His forces killed (*) Gustavus Adolphus, but lost the Battle of Lutzen.
He defeated the forces of Erns von Mansfeld at Desau, and his designs for a maritime empire on the Baltic crumbled when he lost at Stralsund. He was granted the Duchy of Mecklenburg after driving the dukes from their lands, and his lieutenants Matthias Gallas and Ottavio Piccolomini conspired against him. He was assassinated in Eger while attempting to start negotiations with Sweden. His forces killed (*) Gustavus Adolphus, but lost the Battle of Lutzen. For 10 points, name this imperial general of the Thirty Years' War, the subject of a set of plays by Friedrich Schiller.
He defeated the forces of Erns von Mansfeld at Desau, and his designs for a maritime empire on the Baltic crumbled when he lost at Stralsund.
Albrecht von Wallenstein