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  WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON - LoveToKnow Article on WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
WALLENSTEIN, A. were made to Wallenstein by the revolutionary party; but he preferred to associate himself with the imperial cause, and he carried off the treasure-chest of the Moravian estates- to Vienna, part of its contents being given him for the equipment of a regiment of cuirassiers.
Wallenstein perfectly understood this, and he therefore accepted the emperor's decision calmly, gave over his army to Tilly, and retired to Gitschin, the capital of his duchy of Friedland.
But a patent charging Wallenstein and two of his officers with high treason, and naming the generals who were to assume the supreme command of the army, was signed on the 18th of February, and published in Prague.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein
Wallenstein was very successful in collecting his army and late in the autumn appeared at the scene of war in the circle of Lower Saxony.
Wallenstein had always been opposed to giving imperial aid to the Spaniards in their war against the Netherlands, but when he himself deemed it necessary to send troops the aid came too late.
Wallenstein received the right to fill all positions in the army, to negotiate with foreign governments, and troops not under his command were not to be permitted in the empire by the imperial party.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wallenstein gave over his army to Tilly, and retired to Jicin, the capital of his duchy of Friedland.
Wallenstein was aware of the plans against him, but felt confident that when the army came to decide between him and the emperor the decision would be in his own favour.
Wallenstein was buried at Jicin, but in 1723 the remains were removed to Mnichovo Hradiste.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, properly Waldstein, duke of Friedland, Sagan and Mecklenburg, German soldier and statesman, was born of a noble but by no means wealthy or influential family at Hermanice, Bohemia, on the 15th of September 1583.
Wallenstein was buried at Gitschin, but in 1732 the remains were removed to the castle chapel of Münchengrätz.
Wallenstein's wildest schemes, impossible of execution by military violence, were always built upon the foundation of German unity.
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 Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1625, Wallenstein raised a large army for Ferdinand II and became chief imperial general, cooperating with the general of the Catholic League, Count Tilly, in the Danish phase of the war.
Wallenstein in 1626 defeated Ernst von Mansfeld at the Dessau bridgehead, and some of his men helped Tilly to defeat the Danish king Christian IV at Lutter.
Wallenstein renewed his attempts to negotiate with the Swedes and with a few hundred troops fled to Eger (Cheb), where he was treacherously murdered (Feb., 1634).
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 Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Biography / Biography of Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Biography
Albrecht von Wallenstein was born on Sept. 24, 1583, at Hermanitz in Bohemia of noble family.
Wallenstein withdrew from the field, abandoning his artillery, but Gustavus himself was killed, and the Swedish army retired leaderless.
Wallenstein had been incredibly lucky, and at this point he contemplated using his unprecedented powers as commander in chief to impose a peace on Germany with terms which fell far short of fulfilling Ferdinand's own policies.
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 Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein
On this basis, Wallenstein was on April 7, 1625, appointed capo of all imperial forces in the Holy Roman Empire and the Low Countries, with the general Johann, Graf von Aldringen as his deputy.
Wallenstein meant to bring about the pacification of the empire, with himself as arbiter; for this he had to keep his army intact and under his control.
Wallenstein's brother-in-law Adam Trcka and the field marshals Christian von Ilow and Heinrich Holk were the only generals prepared to follow Wallenstein through thick and thin, but Holk died of the plague in September 1633.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Haller Albrecht von   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Haller, Albrecht von (1708-1777), Swiss physician, botanist, and poet, considered one of the greatest modern physiologists.
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel von (1583-1634), Bohemian general who commanded imperial armies in the Danish and Swedish phases of the Thirty Years' War.
In 1521 Lucas met the German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer in Antwerp (in what is now Belgium) and was influenced by this famous contemporary...
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Wallenstein also spelled Waldstein, Czech Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna, or Valštejna Bohemian soldier and statesman, commanding general of the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War.
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, Herzog von Mecklenburg, Furst Von Sagen.
The son of a goldsmith, Albrecht Dürer became known as the “prince of German artists.” He was the first to fuse the richness of the Italian Renaissance to the harsher northern European arts of painting, drawing, and engraving.
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Wallenstein was victorious against Mansfeld at Dessau in 1626, and went on to defeat the Hungarians and Danes on behalf of the Emperor.
Wallenstein organised his army as a business, and his ruthless exaction of contributions from the areas where his army operated led to his dismissal at the demand of the German Electors in 1630.
Wallenstein was recalled in 1631 and became an independent political force after the death of his rival Tilly in 1632.
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 Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, duke von Friedland - Britannica Concise
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, duke von Friedland
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, - Bohemian soldier and statesman, commanding general of the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War.
Haller, Albrecht von - Swiss biologist, the father of experimental physiology, who made prolific contributions to physiology, anatomy, botany, embryology, poetry, and scientific bibliography.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1606 he returned to Bohemia, and soon married Lucretia Nikossie von Landeck, a rich elderly widow whose estates in Moravia he inherited after her death in 1614.
In 1626 in order to aid Ferdinand against the Northern Protestants and produce a balance to the Army of the Catholic League under Tilly, Wallenstein offered to raise a whole army for the imperial service.
Wallenstein was buried at Jicin, but in 1732 the remains were removed to Munchengratz.
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 The Open Door Web Site : History Biographies : Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein (1583 - 1634)
Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein was one of the great generals of the Holy Roman Empire.
Wallenstein was an ambitious man who thought that he had an important political role to play in an empire which, he believed, would eventually include the whole of Western Europe and the lands controlled by the Turks.
Wallenstein was murdered as he tried to escape from the arresting officers.
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 Albrecht Von Wallenstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wallenstein gave over his army to Tilly, with retired to Jicin, an capital of his duchy of Friedland.
Wallenstein is aware of an plans against him, but felt confident that when an army came to decide between him with an emperor an decision would be in his own favour.
Wallenstein is buried at Jicin, but in 1723 an remains were removed to Mnichovo Hradiste.
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 III The Danish interval
Albrecht von Wallenstein and other speculators profited by grants or purchases of confiscated land, but most Bohemians suffered.
He was an effective and ruthless military commander, capable of organizing the supply of the army with food supplies from his own lands in Bohemia, and equally capable of letting it "live off the land" when he needed the locals terrorized.
Wallenstein was no Catholic crusader and hoped for a Germany that was obedient to the Emperor but also tolerant.
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 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Historically, Albrecht von Wallenstein, duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg was one of the most important mercenary commanders of the Imperial army during the Thirty Years' War (1618-48)
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (also Waldstein, Czech : Albrecht Václav Eusebius z ValdÅ¡tejna), September 24, 1583 – February 25, 1634) was a Bohemian soldier and politician who gave his...
There are Wallenstein, called the Emperor's General, the Count of Pappenheim, and also the Swedish king, Gustav Adolf.
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 Kulkmann´s Gamebox - Wallenstein
Wallenstein is settled in one of the most important periods of European history, the Thirty Years' War ("Dreißigjähriger Krieg") 1618 - 1648.
Wallenstein combines several elements, military actions, the question of supply and maintenance and finally the possibility to establish dominances (palaces, churchs,...).
But in that edition the effect of the tower differs slightly and in my opinion in Wallenstein the battle result is better balanced and more tailored to the game: Depending on the unrest state of the country involved, peasant armies falling out of the tower may count for the defender or not.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein - Britannica Concise
Tilly, Johann Tserclaes, Graf von - (count of) outstanding Bavarian general who was the principal commander of the Catholic League in Germany during the Thirty Years' War.
Hatzfeldt, Melchior, Graf von Gleichen und - (count of Gleichen and) a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48).
Mansfeld, (Peter) Ernst, Graf von (count of) - Roman Catholic mercenary who fought for the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48); he was the Catholic League's most dangerous opponent until his death in 1626.
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Wallenstein Garden -- I believe this is the stables.
The Wallenstein Garden, Prague, the drip wall in the south.
Ceiling and north elevation of the porch, Wallenstein Garden and Palace.
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 WALLENSTEIN (properly ... - Online Information article about WALLENSTEIN (properly ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wallenstein perfectly understood this, and he therefore accepted the emperor's decision calmly, gave over his army to Tilly, and retired to See also:
Adolphus had landed in Germany, and it soon became obvious that he was far more formidable than the enemies with whom the emperor had yet had to contend.
Wallenstein was buried at Gitschin, but in 1732 the remains were removed to the See also:
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 Faith in the Stars -=SKYGAZE=- Interesting Facts, The Strange and Unexplained, Mysteries and Secrets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
For Albrecht von Wallenstein, fame and fortune were still far in the future.
Young Wallenstein was deeply impressed with Kepler's horoscope and kept it with him constantly, comparing major occurrences in his life with the predictions.
Born and raised a Protestant but a cynical convert to Catholicism at the age of 23, Wallenstein lacked serious religious conviction; his faith was in the stars.
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 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As a general, Gustav is famous for employing mobile artillery on the battlefield, as well as a very active tactic where attack was stressed over defense and mobility more important than in the usual linear tactic.
This was only part of the reason why Carl von Clausewitz and Napoleon Bonaparte idolized him as one of the greatest generals of all time.
Gustav attacks the stronghold of Alte Feste, which is under the command of Wallenstein, but is repulsed.
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 Alfred Wallenstein: An American Conductor at 100
Wallenstein was descended from Albrecht von Wallenstein, the distinguished Austrian general during the Thirty Years War and the subject of a Schiller trilogy (Wallenstein, 1798-99) on which Vincent d'Indy wrote three orchestral works (Le camp de Wallenstein, 1873; Les piccolomini, 1873, revised as Max et Theclea, 1881; and La mort de Wallenstein, 1884).
Wallenstein stayed in Chicago for seven years, during which time he frequently appeared as solo cellist with the Symphony and other groups.
In 1942, Wallenstein received the coveted Peabody Award for "pioneering in a quiet way for good music and encouraging and originating various unique broadcasts." This was the first of Wallenstein's many honors, including commendations from the National Federation of Music Clubs, The Ditson Award, and several honorary doctorates.
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 H-Net Review: Robert Bireley on Reichsrebellion und Kaiserliche Acht: Politische Strafjustiz im Dreißigjährigen Krieg ...
He shows that Ferdinand proceeded against the general in 1633-34 according to a legitimate and widely accepted interpretation of imperial law, without appealing either to a higher moral law or to a reason of state to be invoked in cases of necessity or extreme danger to the existence of the state.
Imperial commissioners dispatched from Vienna to implement the ban in the years 1628 to 1631 were to distinguish between notorious rebels, against whom they were to proceed on the spot, and others whose case was to be remitted for hearing and decision to Vienna.
But consistent with the position that Wallenstein had been a notorious rebel, all that the imperial court ever issued was a formal treatise or white book explaining its position, which appeared in October 1634.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Graf von Mansfeld and in the army which opposed Gabriel Bethlen[for more facts and a summary of this subject, click this link] in Moravia, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
Wallenstein cleared Silesia (A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore; annexed by Prussia in 1742 but now largely in Poland)
Wallenstein was aware of the plans against him, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
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 Battle of Lützen
The garrison was under the leadership of General Rudolf von Colloredo.
Von Wallenstein still stood his ground though, at the Windmills.
Wallenstein decided to withdraw even though he had been reinforced by 2.700 infantry from Pappenheim.
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