Giorgio Basta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giorgio Basta

Italian mercenary

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1550

Place of Birth: Roccaforzata, Apulia, Italy

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1607

Profession: military officer, non-fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Giorgio Basta, Count of Huszt (1550 – 1607) was an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1591–1606.
He was later sent to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal and to restore Catholicism as the dominant religion in the region.On his orders, his ally Michael the Brave, who ruled Transylvania, Wallachia, and Moldavia, was assassinated on 9 August 1601, a few days after the common victory at the Battle of Guruslau, for trying to turn against Rudolf II.
For this, he is often depicted as disloyal and violent by Romanian and Hungarian historians.
Basta was also the author of books on the art of military leadership.