Walter Devereux

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Walter Devereux was an English officer in the service of the Holy Roman Empire, best known for assassinating the imperial general Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.

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Walter Devereux canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English soldier ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Emperor Ferdinand II ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
causeOfNotability killing Wallenstein with a halberd ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
employer Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
event assassination of Wallenstein at Eger ⓘ
eventLocation Cheb ⓘ
Eger (Cheb) ⓘ
linked to: Eger
genre military history ⓘ
killed Albrecht von Wallenstein ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Army
motive orders from imperial authorities ⓘ
notableEvent Thirty Years' War ⓘ
notableFor assassinating Albrecht von Wallenstein ⓘ
notableWork assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein ⓘ
occupation officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Thirty Years' War ⓘ
partOf Imperial officer corps during the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cheb ⓘ
Kingdom of Bohemia ⓘ
role member of the group that murdered Wallenstein ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ

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Albrecht von Wallenstein → killedBy → Walter Devereux ⓘ