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Georg Jenatsch: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born 1596 ‱ Switzerland
Died January 24, 1639 (aged 43) ‱ Chur ‱ Switzerland
Role In Thirty Years’ War

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Jenatsch, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1636; in a private collection
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