▁Major ▁General ▁W r angel . ▁ ▁Bud den bro ck ▁def ended ▁himself ▁so ▁well , ▁that ▁had ▁he ▁only ▁faced ▁the ▁nob ility , ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁left ▁with ▁his ▁life . ▁However ▁the ▁other ▁Est ates ▁of ▁the ▁R ik sd ag , ▁in ▁particular ▁the ▁pe as ants , ▁were ▁em bit tered ▁and ▁demanded ▁a ▁sc ap ego at . ▁ ▁The ▁ver dict ▁of ▁the ▁commission ▁was ▁announced ▁to ▁a ▁large ▁con greg ation ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 9 . ▁Bud den bro ck ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁d ish on ored , ▁his ▁property ▁conf isc ated , ▁and ▁he ▁himself ▁be head ed ▁with ▁an ▁ax e . ▁In ▁an ▁appeal , ▁Bud den bro ck ▁wrote ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁account ▁where ▁he ▁detailed ▁his ▁services ▁to ▁the ▁kingdom , ▁but ▁despite ▁this ▁and ▁the ▁ple ading ▁of ▁his ▁family , ▁the ▁ver dict ▁was ▁confirmed ▁by ▁the ▁Est ates ▁the ▁following ▁day . ▁Even ▁a ▁request ▁to ▁be ▁be head ed ▁with ▁a ▁sword ▁as ▁bef itting ▁a ▁no blem an , ▁or ▁to ▁be ▁executed ▁by ▁firing ▁squad ▁was ▁denied . ▁The ▁date ▁of ▁his ▁execution ▁was ▁set ▁to ▁July ▁ 2 0 ▁but ▁king ▁Frederick ▁post pon ed ▁it ▁another ▁week . ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 7 4 3 , ▁General ▁von ▁Bud den bro ck ▁was ▁executed ▁in ▁Stockholm . ▁His ▁wife , ▁Mag dal ena ▁Elisabeth ▁Rah m , ▁and ▁their ▁four ▁children ▁left ▁Sweden ▁for ▁Holland