Peter von Hagenbach

Hagenbach on trial, from Berner Chronik des Diebold Schilling dem Älteren
Coat of arms of Hagenbach

Peter von Hagenbach (c. 1420 – May 9, 1474), also Pierre de Hagenbach, Pietro di Hagenbach, Pierre d'Archambaud, or Pierre d'Aquenbacq, was a Burgundian knight from Alsace, German military and civil commander, and convicted war criminal. The trial of Hagenbach was the first known trial of a war crime in history.


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