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- After von Wallenstein moved to winter quarters around Pilsen, news of the secret talks reached the emperor in Vienna. Moving quickly, Ferdinand had a secret court find him guilty of treason and signed a patent removing from command on January 24, 1634.
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Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (pronunciation ⓘ; 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein (Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
When Prague declared for the emperor, Wallenstein left Pilsen for Eger, to facilitate a conjunction with the Swedes and Saxons. There, on February 25, he, Trčka, Ilow, and other officers were murdered by soldiers under the command of the Irish general Walter Butler and the Scots colonels Walter Leslie and John Gordon.
In February 1628, Wallenstein wrote off 4,750,000 florins of debt to the imperial treasury, in exchange he was elevated into an imperial prince and received the Duchy of Mecklenburg. While his army was now triple the size of that of the Catholic League, the empire's biggest ally.
Wallenstein shouted for mercy, but Devereux stabbed him to death with a polearm. The assassins profited well by their treachery, although most soon died by war or plague. Ferdinand was forced to abandon the Edict of Restitution and sue for peace with Saxony—just as Wallenstein had advised.
Albrecht von Wallenstein (born September 24 [September 14, Old Style], 1583, Heřmanice, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]—died February 25, 1634, Eger [now Cheb]) was a Bohemian soldier and statesman, commanding general of the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years’ War. His alienation from the emperor and his ...
Wallenstein was the most important military entrepreneur in the Thirty Years' War, and his alleged treason and murder have overshadowed the considerable success he had in his first imperial generalship (1625 – 1630), when he raised the emperor to the zenith of his power.
On 25 February 1634, a group of Irish and Scottish officers acting under the approval of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, assassinated generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein and a group of his companions in the town of Eger (today Cheb, Czech Republic).
