Years earlier, he had rescued the Empire by defeating Hungary at Pressburg and Denmark at Desau Bridge but became difficult to control after his defeat at Lutzen.
He was murdered by Scottish mercenaries Walter Leslie and John Gordon, most likely at the behest of Emperor Ferdinand II. Years earlier, he had rescued the Empire by defeating Hungary at Pressburg and Denmark at Desau Bridge but became difficult to control after his defeat at Lutzen. FTP, name this general of the Thirty Years War and subject of a tragedy by Schiller.
He was murdered by Scottish mercenaries Walter Leslie and John Gordon, most likely at the behest of Emperor Ferdinand II.
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von {Wallenstein}