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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 7289804, member: 89314"]Austria-Hungary <b>Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland </b>Half Reichstaler 1626 Jitschin mint</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Wallenstein</b> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" rel="nofollow">Bohemian</a> military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" rel="nofollow">Thirty Years' War</a> (1618–1648). His successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Empire</a> by the time of his death. Wallenstein became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief" rel="nofollow">supreme commander</a> of the armies of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" rel="nofollow">Habsburg</a> Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Ferdinand II</a> and was a major figure of the Thirty Years' War. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wallenstein was born in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" rel="nofollow">Kingdom of Bohemia</a> into a poor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant" rel="nofollow">Protestant</a> noble family. He acquired a multilingual university education across Europe and converted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" rel="nofollow">Catholicism</a> in 1606. A marriage in 1609 to the wealthy widow of a Bohemian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landowner" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landowner" rel="nofollow">landowner</a> gave him access to considerable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_(land)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_(land)" rel="nofollow">estates</a> and wealth after her death at an early age in 1614. Three years later, Wallenstein embarked on a career as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_contractor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_contractor" rel="nofollow">mercenary</a> by raising forces for the Holy Roman Emperor in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Gradisca" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Gradisca" rel="nofollow">War of Gradisca</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" rel="nofollow">Republic of Venice</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wallenstein fought for the Catholics in the Protestant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_revolt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_revolt" rel="nofollow">Bohemian revolt</a> of 1618 and was awarded estates confiscated from the rebels after their defeat at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Mountain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Mountain" rel="nofollow">White Mountain</a> in 1620. A series of military victories against the Protestants raised Wallenstein's reputation in the Imperial court and in 1625 he raised a large army of 50,000 men to further the Imperial cause. A year later, he administered a crushing defeat to the Protestants at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dessau_Bridge" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dessau_Bridge" rel="nofollow">Dessau Bridge</a>. For his successes, Wallenstein became an Imperial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_palatine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_palatine" rel="nofollow">count palatine</a> and made himself ruler of the lands of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Friedland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Friedland" rel="nofollow">Duchy of Friedland</a> in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" rel="nofollow">Bohemia</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>An imperial <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo" rel="nofollow">generalissimo</a> </i>by land, and Admiral of the Baltic Sea from 21 April 1628, Wallenstein found himself released from service in 1630 after Ferdinand grew wary of his ambition. Several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant" rel="nofollow">Protestant</a> victories over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" rel="nofollow">Catholic</a> armies induced Ferdinand to recall Wallenstein (Gollersdorf April 1632), who then defeated the Swedish king <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus" rel="nofollow">Gustavus Adolphus</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alte_Veste" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alte_Veste" rel="nofollow">Alte Veste</a> and fought him to a draw at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_F%C3%BCrth" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_F%C3%BCrth" rel="nofollow">Fürth</a>, the Swedish king was later killed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" rel="nofollow">Battle of Lützen</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Wallenstein realised the war could last decades and, during the summer of 1633, arranged a series of armistices to negotiate peace. These proved to be his undoing as plotters accused him of treachery and Emperor Ferdinand II ordered his assassination. Dissatisfied with the Emperor's treatment of him, Wallenstein considered allying with the Protestants. However, he was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eger_Bloodbath" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eger_Bloodbath" rel="nofollow">assassinated</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb" rel="nofollow">Eger</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia" rel="nofollow">Bohemia</a> by one of the army's officials, with the emperor's approval (Wikipedia).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1276171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1276173[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 7289804, member: 89314"]Austria-Hungary [B]Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland [/B]Half Reichstaler 1626 Jitschin mint [B]Wallenstein[/B] was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia']Bohemian[/URL] military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War']Thirty Years' War[/URL] (1618–1648). His successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire']Holy Roman Empire[/URL] by the time of his death. Wallenstein became the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-chief']supreme commander[/URL] of the armies of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg']Habsburg[/URL] Emperor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor']Ferdinand II[/URL] and was a major figure of the Thirty Years' War. Wallenstein was born in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia']Kingdom of Bohemia[/URL] into a poor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant']Protestant[/URL] noble family. He acquired a multilingual university education across Europe and converted to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism']Catholicism[/URL] in 1606. A marriage in 1609 to the wealthy widow of a Bohemian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landowner']landowner[/URL] gave him access to considerable [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_(land)']estates[/URL] and wealth after her death at an early age in 1614. Three years later, Wallenstein embarked on a career as a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_contractor']mercenary[/URL] by raising forces for the Holy Roman Emperor in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Gradisca']War of Gradisca[/URL] against the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice']Republic of Venice[/URL]. Wallenstein fought for the Catholics in the Protestant [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_revolt']Bohemian revolt[/URL] of 1618 and was awarded estates confiscated from the rebels after their defeat at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Mountain']White Mountain[/URL] in 1620. A series of military victories against the Protestants raised Wallenstein's reputation in the Imperial court and in 1625 he raised a large army of 50,000 men to further the Imperial cause. A year later, he administered a crushing defeat to the Protestants at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dessau_Bridge']Dessau Bridge[/URL]. For his successes, Wallenstein became an Imperial [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_palatine']count palatine[/URL] and made himself ruler of the lands of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Friedland']Duchy of Friedland[/URL] in northern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia']Bohemia[/URL]. An imperial [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo']generalissimo[/URL] [/I]by land, and Admiral of the Baltic Sea from 21 April 1628, Wallenstein found himself released from service in 1630 after Ferdinand grew wary of his ambition. Several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant']Protestant[/URL] victories over [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church']Catholic[/URL] armies induced Ferdinand to recall Wallenstein (Gollersdorf April 1632), who then defeated the Swedish king [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus']Gustavus Adolphus[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alte_Veste']Alte Veste[/URL] and fought him to a draw at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_F%C3%BCrth']Fürth[/URL], the Swedish king was later killed at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)']Battle of Lützen[/URL]. Wallenstein realised the war could last decades and, during the summer of 1633, arranged a series of armistices to negotiate peace. These proved to be his undoing as plotters accused him of treachery and Emperor Ferdinand II ordered his assassination. Dissatisfied with the Emperor's treatment of him, Wallenstein considered allying with the Protestants. However, he was [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eger_Bloodbath']assassinated[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb']Eger[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia']Bohemia[/URL] by one of the army's officials, with the emperor's approval (Wikipedia). [ATTACH=full]1276171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1276173[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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