Epee - German/German
It is said that there was indeed a prince from Wertheim who was murdered with a glass sword like this one. The prince's name was Dominik Marquard Sebastian Christian von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
In 1735, this prince is said to have stayed in Venice. Trade had long since ceased to be such a lucrative business and parts of the Venetian nobility were impoverished. But not the prince from Wertheim. He celebrated lavish parties and surrounded himself with beautiful ladies. It was only a question of time that the prince was envied for this - and murder was a common means of eliminating unwelcome opponents at the time!
However, our prince must have been surrounded by magic. For it took several assassination attempts before he was finally killed. The first assassin lay in wait for the prince in the dark with a dagger. It had bounced off him as if he were wearing chain mail. The bullets from the pistol during the second assassination attempt do not seem to have affected the prince either. For this time, too, he escaped unharmed - just as when poison was added.
It was only through treachery that they finally succeeded in killing the prince: his servant revealed to the Venetians that the prince had learned incredible skills from a poacher from the Spessart region that made him immune to poison and metal. The Venetians immediately had a glass dagger made by the glassmakers in Murano. Equipped in this way, Prince Dominik Marquard Sebastian Christian von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort ultimately became the victim of a glass weapon!
Sword - English
There is really supposed to have been a prince from Wertheim who was murdered with a glass sword like this one here. He was called Prince Dominik Marquard Sebastian Christian of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
In 1735 this prince is supposed to have stayed in Venice. At the time trade had not been a lucrative business for a long time and sections of the Venetian aristocracy were poverty stricken. But not our prince from Wertheim. He threw noisy parties and surrounded himself with beautiful ladies. It was only a matter of time before people began to accuse him of his frivolous lifestyle, and murder was a popular medium used to eliminate disagreeable opponents at the time!
But our prince must have been protected by magic, because several murder attempts were made before he was killed. The first assassin ambushed the prince in the dark with a dagger, but this rebounded off him as if he were wearing chain mail. And the bullets from the pistol used in the second murder attempt didn't seem to touch him because he escaped uninjured, even poison seemed to have no effect whatsoever.
It was only when his servant betrayed his secret to the Venetians that he was killed. The Prince was supposed to have learnt incredible skills from a Spessart poacher that rendered him immune to poison and metal. The Venetians immediately had the glassmakers in Murano make a glass dagger and this is what became Prince Dominik Marquard Sebastian Christian of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort's end!