MILITARY PERSONNEL

Giorgio Basta

1550 - 1607

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Giorgio Basta (Albanian: Gjergj Basta) also known as Count of Huszt or Gheorghe Basta (1550 – 1607) was 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 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 Guruslău, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giorgio Basta is the 524th most popular military personnel (up from 578th in 2019), the 1,409th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,499th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Giorgio Basta ranks 524 out of 2,058. Before him are Adolf Strauss, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, He Jin, Gao Shun, Theodor Busse, and Oenomaus. After him are Otto Kumm, Reginald Dyer, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Franz Böhme, Fyodor Ushakov, and Viktor Lutze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Giorgio Basta ranks 14. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, Stanislaus Kostka, and Karin Månsdotter. After him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Jacobus Gallus, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Chand Bibi, Michael Maestlin, and False Dmitry III. Among people deceased in 1607, Giorgio Basta ranks 5. Before him are Domenico Fontana, Alessandro Allori, Caesar Baronius, and Anna d'Este. After him are Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Gillis van Coninxloo, Jacob van Heemskerck, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Michele Ruggieri, and Bento de Góis.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giorgio Basta ranks 1,409 out of 5,161. Before him are Vittorio Alfieri (1749), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lawrence of Brindisi (1559), Paul of the Cross (1694), Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), and Gerard of Csanád (980). After him are Giovanni Lanfranco (1582), Mariotto Albertinelli (1474), Leonardo De Lorenzo (1875), Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1870), Johnny Torrio (1882), and Galeria Valeria (300).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Giorgio Basta ranks 26. Before him are Erasmo of Narni (1370), Giovanni Messe (1883), Emilio De Bono (1866), Armando Diaz (1861), Publius Ventidius Bassus (-150), and Andreas Hofer (1767). After him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Ettore Bastico (1876), Ugo Cavallero (1880), Roger of Lauria (1245), Carmine Crocco (1830), and Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539).

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