Pompeius Planta

Pompeius von Planta
Pompeius Planta (1570–1621)
Born1570
Died(1621-02-25)25 February 1621
Rietberg Castle, Three Leagues
OccupationPolitical leader
Years active1614–1621
SpouseCatharina von Salis

Pompeius Planta (or Pompejus (von) Planta, 1570–25 February 1621, Rietberg Castle) was a leader of the Spanish-Austrian Party during the so-called Bündner Wirren. His murder by Jörg Jenatsch marked a key Protestant (and anti-Habsburg) uprising in Graubünden during the Thirty Years War.

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