1 6 2 8 , ▁W allen stein ▁found ▁himself ▁released ▁from ▁service ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 0 ▁after ▁Ferdinand ▁grew ▁w ary ▁of ▁his ▁amb ition . ▁Several ▁Protest ant ▁vict ories ▁over ▁Catholic ▁arm ies ▁induced ▁Ferdinand ▁to ▁recall ▁W allen stein ▁( G oll ers dorf ▁April ▁ 1 6 3 2 ), ▁who ▁then ▁defeated ▁the ▁Swedish ▁king ▁Gustav us ▁Ad olph us ▁at ▁Al te ▁V este ▁and ▁killed ▁him ▁at ▁L üt zen . ▁ ▁W allen stein ▁real ised ▁the ▁war ▁could ▁last ▁dec ades ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Summer ▁of ▁ 1 6 3 3 ▁arranged ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁arm ist ices ▁to ▁negoti ate ▁peace . ▁These ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁und o ing ▁as ▁plot ters ▁accused ▁him ▁of ▁tre ach ery ▁and ▁Emperor ▁Ferdinand ▁II ▁ordered ▁his ▁assass ination . ▁D iss atisf ied ▁with ▁the ▁Emperor ' s ▁treatment ▁of ▁him , ▁W allen stein ▁considered ▁al lying ▁with ▁the ▁Protest ants . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁assass in ated ▁at ▁E ger ▁in ▁Boh emia ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁army ' s ▁officials , ▁with ▁the ▁em peror ' s ▁appro val . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁W allen stein ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁September ▁ 1 5 8 3 ▁in ▁He ř man ice , ▁Boh emia , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁eastern most ▁and ▁largest ▁region ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Empire , ▁in ▁the ▁present - day ▁Czech ▁Republic , ▁into ▁a ▁poor ▁Protest ant