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Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland (pronunciation ⓘ; 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein (Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian [a] military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). His successful martial career ...
Thirty Years’ War. Albrecht von Wallenstein (born September 24 [September 14, Old Style], 1583, Heřmanice, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]—died February 25, 1634, Eger [now Cheb]) was a Bohemian soldier and statesman, commanding general of the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years’ War.
Wallenstein’s life is the subject of a great dramatic trilogy by the German poet Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller. Albrecht von Wallenstein - Bohemian War, Assassination, Legacy: From the emperor’s viewpoint, Wallenstein now became a rebel and a traitor. He quartered his army in Habsburg territory (Bohemia, Silesia, Austria); he did not ...
Bohemia-born Duke Albrecht von Wallenstein at the height of his power. With another victory gilding his recruitment pitch, Wallenstein built up his army to 100,000 men—Europe’s largest—yet his men were still mercenaries, loyal only to their paymaster, threatening friend and foe alike.
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, duke von Friedland, later Duke von Mecklenburg, (born Sept. 24, 1583, Heřmanice, Bohemia—died Feb. 25, 1634, Eger), Austrian general. A noble of Bohemia, he served with the future Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II in the campaign against Venice in 1617. He remained loyal to Ferdinand when other Bohemian ...
May 18, 2018 · The Bohemian soldier of fortune Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (1583-1634) was one of the major figures in the Thirty Years War. His administrative and financial talents made him one of the richest and most powerful men in Europe. Albrecht von Wallenstein was born on Sept. 24, 1583, at Hermanitz in Bohemia of noble family.
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Albrecht von Wallenstein. Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583–1634) was an enigmatic and ambitious aristocrat who earned fame as an Imperial general during the Thirty Years War. Early Years and Education. Born in Bohemia, Wallenstein came from a protestant family that was nobility, but not wealthy nobility.
