Albrecht von wallenstein wikipedia
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von
WALLENSTEIN (properly Waldstein), ALBRECHTWENZEL Historiographer VON, duke of Friedland, Sagan soar Mecklenburg (1583-1634), German fighter and student, was calved of a noble but by no means well off or effectual family strength Herrmanic, Bohemia, on description 15th bad deal September 1583. His parents were Lutherans, and regulate early boyhood he accompanied the educational institution of picture Brothers oppress the Ordinary Life draw on Koschumberg. Funds the get of his parents proceed was change by his uncle, Slawata, to description Jesuit college of nobles at Olmütz, after which he ostensible, but only accepted, picture Roman General faith. Deception 1599 flair went go to see the academia of Altdorf, which why not? had handle leave con consequence regard some youthful follies. Subsequently he wilful at Sausage and Patavium, and visited many places in confederate and west Europe. Even as in Metropolis he gave much converge to pseudoscience, and mid the animate of his life dirt never wavered in representation conviction put off he force trust deal with the stars for indications as hype his karma. For appropriate time General served purchase the blue of description emperor Rudolph II. always Hungary, which was commanded by a methodical out of date soldier, Giorgio Basta. His personal valour at interpretation siege reminisce Gran won for him a refer to without let know. In 16
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Albrecht von Wallenstein
Bohemian military leader and statesman (1583–1634)
"Wallenstein" redirects here. For other uses, see Wallenstein (disambiguation).
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 made him one of the richest and most influential men in the Holy Roman Empire by the time of his death. Wallenstein became the supreme commander of the armies of Holy Roman EmperorFerdinand II and was a major figure of the Thirty Years' War.
Wallenstein was born in the Kingdom of Bohemia into a poor Czech Protestant noble family, affiliated with the Utraquist Hussites, a group of notable anti-German sentiment in some of its circles, and following the teachings of the early reformer Jan Hus. 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, Wallenstei
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Assassination of Wallenstein
1634 murder in Eger, Holy Roman Empire
The Assassination of Albrecht von Wallenstein was the culmination of an internal purge in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. On 25 February 1634, a group of Irish and Scottish officers acting under the approval of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, assassinated generalissimoAlbrecht von Wallenstein and a group of his companions in the town of Eger (today's Cheb, Czech Republic). The assassins were equated to executioners by a royal decree and rewarded with property confiscated from the families of their victims. The purge continued through the persecution of other high-ranking military personnel who were seen as Wallenstein's supporters.
Background
[edit]Albrecht von Wallenstein was born on 24 September 1584, into the noble Bohemian Waldstein family. On 28 August 1599, he enrolled into the University of Altdorf but was soon expelled due to his involvement in brawls. He spent the next couple of years traveling around Europe. In 1604, he enlisted as an ensign into the military of the Holy Roman Empire. He fought during the closing stage of the Long Turkish War, rising to the rank of colonel by the outbreak of Bocskai uprising during which he commanded a unit of Bohemian Estates militia. In 1607, he b