Albrecht von Wallenstein
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Albrecht von Wallenstein was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who commanded Catholic forces during the Thirty Years' War, one of Europe's most destructive conflicts. He matters as a significant figure in early modern European history whose military campaigns and political influence shaped the course of this devastating religious and dynastic conflict.
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- Born
- Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein , ( 1583-09-24 ) 24 September 1583, ( Old style : 14 September), Heřmanice , Bohemia
- Died
- 25 February 1634 (1634-02-25) (aged 50), Cheb , Bohemia
- Buried
- Mnichovo Hradiště , Bohemia
- Allegiance
- Holy Roman Empire Kingdom of Bohemia Catholic League
- Branch
- Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor
- Service years
- 1604–1634
- Rank
- Generalissimo
- Conflicts
- Long Turkish War Uskok War Thirty Years' War Battle of White Mountain (1620) Battle of Dessau Bridge (1626) Siege of Stralsund (1628) Battle of Wolgast (1628) Siege of Nuremberg (1632) Battle of the Alte Veste (Battle of Fürth) Battle of Lützen (1632) Second Battle of Steinau (1633)
- Awards
- Order of the Golden Fleece
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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 military leader, statesman and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War, fighting on the Catholic side as supreme commander of the armies of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. His successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the Holy Roman Empire by the time of his death. He is considered one of the most important military leaders produced by the early modern period.
Wallenstein was born in the Kingdom of Bohemia into a poor Czech Protestant noble family, affiliated with the Utraquist Hussites. He acquired a multilingual university education across Europe and converted to Catholicism in 1606. A marriage in 1609 to the wealthy widow of a Bohemian landowner gave him access to considerable estates and wealth after her death at an early age in 1614. Three years later, Wallenstein embarked on a career as a mercenary by raising forces for the Holy Roman Emperor in the Uskok War against the Republic of Venice.
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