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Albrecht von Wallenstein. (1583–1634). During the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) Albrecht von Wallenstein was a soldier and statesman who commanded the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II. Through a series of plots to undermine the emperor and enhance his own power, he was alienated from Ferdinand and was eventually assassinated.
The Assassination of 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 generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein and a group of his companions in the town of Eger (today's Cheb, Czech Republic ).
16 de may. de 2023 · After Wallenstein’s rivals reported his action to the emperor—leaving out ‘no argument or exaggeration to make the thing more odious’—Ferdinand proclaimed that the soldiers were absolved of their loyalty to their former commander, in turn leading Wallenstein to join with the anti-Habsburg forces because he ‘easily perceived the danger which hung over his head’. 85 This ...
7 de jun. de 2011 · Extract. One of the greatest generals of the Thirty Years War was Albrecht von Wallenstein. His fame as a military strategist and financial genius is matched only by his popular reputation as an extraordinarily ambitious, greedy, self-serving, arrogant, harsh and unscrupulous man, unmoved by true religious motivations and guided by astrological observations.
6 de oct. de 2019 · Thirty Years' War: Albrecht von Wallenstein. Born at Heømanice, Bohemia on September 24, 1583, Albrecht von Wallenstein was the son of a minor noble family. Initially raised as a Protestant by his parents, he was sent to a Jesuit school in Olmütz by his uncle after their death. While at Olmütz he professed to convert to Catholicism, though ...
Albrecht Wallenstein was a legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces, yet was eventually assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand II. This accessible modern biography of Wallenstein for the English-speaking reader dispels the many historical myths surrounding this central character of the Thirty Years War.
Albert-Venceslas Eusèbe von Wallenstein ou Waldstein, né le 24 septembre 1583 à Hermanitz sur l'Elbe et mort le 25 février 1634 à Eger, est un homme de guerre de la noblesse bohémienne ; il a été le plus fameux condottiere au service du Saint-Empire romain germanique pendant la guerre de Trente Ans, devenu généralissime des armées impériales, duc de Friedland (en), de Sagan et de ...
