Giorgio Basta also known as Count of Huszt or Gheorghe Basta was an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë Albanian origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg
Portret van Georg graaf van Basta Atrium Heroicum, RP P 1910 66
Charter issued to Giorgio Basta, Count of Hust, by Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1605
Giorgio Basta, Il Governo Della Cavalleria Leggiera: Trattato Che Concerne Anche quanto basta alla Grave per intelligenza de Capitani. Oppenheim: H. Galler, J.T. de Bry, 1616.
The Long Turkish War, or Thirteen Years' War, was an indecisive land war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavi
Giorgio Basta
…an Italian general, diplomat, and writer of Arbëreshë Albanian origin, employed by the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to command Habsburg forces in the Long War of 1593–1606. He was later sent to administer Transylvania as an Imperial vassal and to restore Catholicism as the dominant religion in the region. On…
Allegory of the Turkish war – The declaration of war before Constantinople
The divided Hungary during the Long Turkish war
Habsburg troops take the Hatvan castle in 1596
Battle of Giurgiu which ended with the victory of the united forces of Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia over the retreating Ottoman army