Albrecht von Wallenstein

✶September 14, 1583

†February 25, 1634

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About their life

Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, also von Waldstein, 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.

Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)

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