!!!Teuffenbach, Friedrich

Teuffenbach, Friedrich, b. 1585, d. Innsbruck, Tirol 
(executed), May 27, 1621, military commander; son of Christoph  
Teuffenbach, brother of Rudolf  Teuffenbach. As one of the leaders of 
the protestant uprisings in Moravia, he sided with Friedrich V, 
Elector Palatine (also known as "Winterkoenig" i.e. 
"Winter King") during the Thirty Years´ War, escaped 
to Switzerland in 1620, was extradited at the initiative of Archduke 
Leopold V and executed at Innsbruck on May 27, 1621. The 
emperor´s pardon arrived too late.


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