Assassination of Wallenstein
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title:
Assassination of Wallenstein
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The Assassination of Wallenstein was the culmination of an internal purge in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. 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. The assassins were equated to executioners by a royal decree and rewarded with property confiscated from the families of their victims. The purge continued throug
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1634 murder in Eger, Holy Roman Empire
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Wallenstein
date created:
2017-10-06T10:48:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T09:48:46Z
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