25 February 1634

Politics & Power

Assassination of Wallenstein

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The Assassination of Albrecht von 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 (today's Cheb, Czech Republic). The assassins were equated to executioners by a royal decree and rewarded with property confiscated from the families of their victims.

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Ermordung-wallensteins-in-eger-anonymer-kupferstich 1-640x370unbekannt - Buch-Scan von de:User:Wolpertinger 2004-11-12 12:59Public domainWikimedia Commons
Albrecht von Wallenstein, hertog van Friedland, wordt vermoord door zijn eigen soldaten, 1634, RP-P-1896-A-19368-1948RijksmuseumCC0Wikimedia Commons
Arrest en dood van Wallenstein, RP-P-OB-115.683RijksmuseumCC0Wikimedia Commons
Die Ermordung des Albrecht von Wallenstein (18Jh)UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Eger-Cheb-Pachelbelhaus-TSchiDDCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
Ermordung der Offiziere Wallensteins-anonyme FederzeichnungUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Feast of Waldstein's officers in Pilsen, 1634UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Flugblatt ermordung wallensteinUnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Page285 Wallensteins Ermordung zu Eger in der Nacht vom 25 26 Februar 1634UnknownPublic domainWikimedia Commons

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