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  Albrecht von Wallenstein -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
His estates seized, he escaped with the treasure-chest to (The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss) Vienna.
A series of successes in battle led in 1622 to him being made an imperial (A count who exercised royal authority in his own domains) count palatine, in 1623 a prince, and in 1625 (A British peer of the highest rank) duke of Friedland.
In November came the great (additional info and facts about Battle of Lützen) Battle of Lützen, in which Wallenstein and the other imperialists were defeated, but Adolphus was killed.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/albrecht_von_wallenstein.htm   (1045 words)

  
 Albrecht von Wallenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A series of successes in battle led in 1622 to him being made an imperial count palatine, in 1623 a prince, and in 1625 duke of Friedland.
The successes of Gustavus Adolphus over Tilly at the Battle of Breitenfeld and on the Lech (1632), when General Tilly was killed, and his advance to Munich and occupation of Bohemia, demanded action.
In November came the great Battle of Lützen, in which Wallenstein and the other imperialists were defeated, but Adolphus was killed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wallenstein   (1037 words)

  
 WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON - LoveToKnow Article on WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He was not present at the battle of the Weisser Berg, but he did brilliant service as second-in-command of the army which opposed Gabriel Bethlen in Moravia, and recovered his estates which the nationalists had seized.
The battle of the Weisser Berg placed Bohemia at the mercy of the emperor Ferdinand, and Wallenstein turned the prevailing confusion to his own advantage.
But dtiring the long dreary years of confusion which were to follow it was something to think of the last supremely able man whose life had been spent in battling against the great evils of the land, against the spirit of religious intolerance and the spirit of division.
87.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WA/WALLENSTEIN_ALBRECHT_VON.htm   (2887 words)

  
 HEPBURN, SIR JOHN (c. 1598-1636) - Online Information article about HEPBURN, SIR JOHN (c. 1598-1636)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
king, who placed the fullest reliance on his skill and courage, until the battle of the Alte Veste near See also:
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Shortly after this, in 1633, Hepburn was under a marechal de See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HEPBURN_SIR_JOHN_c_1598_1636_.html   (493 words)

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