The main character attempts to put his machinations in place before the arrival of the emperor's commissioner Von Questenberg, who conspires with Lieutenant General Piccolomini to oust the title character before he can defect to the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus.  
The final conflict in this drama takes place at the fortress of Egra and the final event is performed by the Irish soldier of fortune Colonel Butler, causing the title character's daughter Thekla to flee.  The main character attempts to put his machinations in place before the arrival of the emperor's commissioner Von Questenberg, who conspires with Lieutenant General Piccolomini to oust the title character before he can defect to the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus.  Actually a trilogy of plays, FTP, identify this dramatic series about a general during the Thirty Years' War by Friedrich Schiller.
The final conflict in this drama takes place at the fortress of Egra and the final event is performed by the Irish soldier of fortune Colonel Butler, causing the title character's daughter Thekla to flee.  
Wallenstein (accept Wallenstein's Death or Wallensteins Tod)