Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt (1544–1607) was an Italian general of Arbëreshë

Arbëreshë

The Arbëreshë are a linguistic and ethnic Albanian minority community living in southern Italy, especially the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Molise, Calabria and Sicily...

(Albanian) descent, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

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 Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War

Long War (Ottoman wars)

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 of 1591-1606 and later to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal to restore Catholicism as a predominant religion in Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

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On his orders, his ally Michael the Brave, the former ruler of Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

, Wallachia

Wallachia

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 and Moldavia

Moldavia

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, was assassinated at Keresztesmező camp, near Câmpia Turzii

Câmpia Turzii

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, because Basta considered him a liability.