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  A. E. WALLENSTEIN - LoveToKnow Article on A. E. WALLENSTEIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
WALLENSTEIN - LoveToKnow Article on 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 Wenzel Eusebius von Waldstein - Wikipedia
Wallenstein zog sich hierauf in seine Residenz Gitschin zurück, wo er in königlicher Pracht lebte.
Als Wallenstein darauf in seinem Hauptquartier in Pilsen den Obersten seine Absicht kundgab, der Umtriebe seiner Feinde wegen Abzudanken, drängten ihn dieselben, seine Abdankung aufzuschieben, und unterzeichneten bei einem Bankett (12.
Wallenstein zog nach Eger, um sich hier mit den Sachsen und Schweden zu vereinigen.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Wallenstein (Schiller) - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wallenstein scheitert auf dem Gipfel seiner Macht, er ist der erfolgreiche Oberbefehlshaber der kaiserlichen Armee, als er beginnt sich gegen seinen Kaiser Ferdinand den II.
Was Wallenstein nicht weiß: Einer seiner Vertrauten, Octavio Piccolomini, der auch Wallensteins Pläne kennt, ist weiterhin kaisertreu geblieben und spioniert für diesen.
Wallenstein verstößt ihn, da er der Sohn seines Verräters ist und flieht mit seinen letzten Getreuen nach Eger.
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 Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: 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 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.
Wallenstein was not defeated, but neither was he the victor; and he suffered such heavy losses that he ceased operations.
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 Wallenstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Albrecht Wallenstein was born in Herhamanice, Czech Republic.
Wallenstein was one of the major figures of the Thirty Years war.
Wallenstein's intrigues with the Protestants alarmed the Catholic princes, and he was murdered in his bedroom at Eger by Irish mercenaries.
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 chap4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Döblin dreht dieses Bild, das er in der Geschichtsschreibung findet, förmlich um: In seiner Deutung Wallensteins rückt das 'Wirtschaftsgenie' in den Vordergrund, seine politischen Errungenschaften oder Ziele dienen letztendlich der Vergrösserung seines Reichtums und seiner Macht.
Bereits bei Wallensteins erstem Erscheinen wird deutlich, dass er nicht daran denkt, Deutschland politisch zu reformieren.
Wallenstein ist auch bei Döblin in gewisser Weise ein Verräter: Er führt Verhandlungen mit den Schweden und Sachsen und leitet die Armee in einem Sinne, der nicht dem kaiserlichen Willen entspricht.
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 The Thirty Years War: The Death of Tilly, Wallenstein's Recall, The Siege of Nuremberg and the Battle of Lutzen
The Death of Tilly, Wallenstein’s Recall, The Siege of Nürnberg and the Battle of Lützen
It is unclear whether it was intended that Wallenstein should desert his Emperor or Johann-Georg his ally the King of Sweden.
Supplies were short and Nürnberg was filled with refugees: Wallenstein preferred the slow, certain victory of plague and starvation to the hazard of battle.
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 Albrecht von Wallenstein -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Over the course of the war Wallenstein's ambitions and the exactions of his army had created a host of enemies, both (A member of a Catholic church) Catholic and Protestant princes.
Wallenstein gave over his army to Tilly, and retired to (Click link for more info and facts about Jicin) Jicin, the capital of his duchy of Friedland.
Wallenstein was buried at Jicin, but in 1723 the remains were removed to (Click link for more info and facts about Mnichovo Hradiste) Mnichovo Hradiste.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/albrecht_von_wallenstein.htm   (1099 words)

  
 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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 Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Biography / Biography of Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein Biography ...
Wallenstein's astonishingly rapid acquisition of enormous wealth and influence resulted from his ability to grasp every possible advantage from a political system dependent on mercenary armies.
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.
www.bookrags.com /biography-eusebius-von-wallenstein/index.html   (798 words)

  
 G. A. Henty : The Lion of the North : Chapter XXIII. The Murder of Wallenstein
Wallenstein, with his generals and his army fighting for the emperor, is a mighty personage, but Wallenstein a rebel is another altogether.
Wallenstein writes to me as if he were assured of the allegiance of the whole of his army, and speaks unquestionably of his power to overthrow the emperor; but the man is clearly blinded by his ambition and infatuated by his fixed belief in the stars.
Wallenstein was no bigot, his views were broad and enlightened, and he was therefore viewed with the greatest hostility by the violent Catholics around the king, by Maximilian of Bavaria, by the Spaniards, and by the Jesuits, who were all powerful at court.
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 Funagain Games: Wallenstein
Wallenstein was never produced as a private db-Spiele label game, and to my knowledge it is the first Henn game to go straight to the big time.
Wallenstein is as close to a war game as you see come from Germany today, but if that scares you off, keep reading since it fits right at home next to the likes of El Grande.
The decisions in Wallenstein are significant, as each of the actions have their uses and yet can be taken in only one country per season.
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 The Thirty Years War: The Heilbronn League, the Fall of Wallenstein and the Battle of Nordlingen
As with the campaign east undertaken by the Swedes and Saxons in the wake of Breitenfeld, the Saxon forces were led by von Arnim, Wallenstein’s former lieutenant.
Wallenstein had refused until it was too late, not moving until 18 November, 1633.
With Wallenstein dead, Ferdinand, King of Hungary, was given command of the Imperial forces.
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 Tony's Blues Review
Barry Wallenstein's recordings of jazz poetry surpass the idiom's all too typical offerings, e.g., the mediocre poet droning angst while his accompanists overpower him, or the resonant baritone booming cliches of urban crisis whose urgent accents stamp away from the pulse intended to power the recitation.
Wallenstein's voice is broadcast quality, and he uses it to good advantage in presenting material from his recent book, A Measure of Conduct (Ridgeway Press 1999).
Wallenstein is not into heavy, philosophical prophesying, but instead he dwells more in the realm of the storyteller.
www.hausemusic.com /httpdocs/Conservatory/Reviews/TonysBluesRev.html   (1767 words)

  
 The Open Door Web Site : History Biographies : Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein (1583 - 1634)
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.
Ferdinand II was wary of Wallenstein's ambition and, in 1630, he dismissed him as commander of his armies.
Wallenstein was murdered as he tried to escape from the arresting officers.
www.saburchill.com /history/biblio/018.html   (436 words)

  
 Stephen Wallenstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stephen Wallenstein joined the Fuqua and Duke Law Faculties in 1998, and is the Executive Director of the Global Capital Markets Center, a collaborative venture between The Fuqua School of Business and the Duke School of Law.
Wallenstein has also taught law and development at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lived for three years and became fluent in Portuguese.
Professor Wallenstein is a graduate of Yale Law School, Harvard Graduate School and Cornell.
www.law.duke.edu /fac/wallenstein   (294 words)

  
 Wallenstein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
De wijze waarop Wallenstein oorlog voerde, stuitte echter op veel kritiek, ook onder de vorsten van de Katholieke Liga.
Wallenstein was ook pathologisch afhankelijk van astrologische adviezen die men hem gaf.
In geheim beraad werd uiteindelijk besloten Wallenstein af te zetten en als verrader te vermoorden.
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 How could Wallenstein have changed his history?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The real history, which is reflected in Schiller's account, is that Wallenstein never really intended to solve the problem, but he had an insight into the nature of the situation, and he was killed because he was suspected of having insight into the situation.
If Wallenstein had said to Gustavus Adolphus, successfully, let's you and I end this damn war by neutralizing the whole issue, then, in that case, the war would have ended.
Well, this would have been considered, as is shown in the play, by those who would say that Wallenstein, if he'd done that, would have betrayed his oath, and he was thinking of betraying his oath.
larouchein2004.net /pages/questions/youth/021215mex008.htm   (788 words)

  
 The Thirty-Years-War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The first step the wily Wallenstein took toward greatness was to marry a wealthy widow who conveniently died soon thereafter, leaving him her estates and the freedom to espouse the daughter of one of Ferdinand's councillors.
Much of northern Germany was occupied, and the ascendant Wallenstein was given Mecklenburg as a reward for his services, the former ruler of this Baltic duchy having made the mistake of siding with the Danes.
He could accept Wallenstein's advice and use his great power to create a more centralized Germany, or he could satisfy the Catholic Reformation's demand for the restoration of the Church lands seized by the Protestants since the Peace of Augsburg in 1555.
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 Duncan Announces Arthur Wallenstein as Director of Correction and Rehabilitation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wallenstein's experience and his deep commitment to corrections and rehabilitation." Wallenstein has spent 25 years in Corrections administration, and is currently director and jail administrator for the Department of Adult Detention in King County (Seattle), Washington, with a population of 1.6 million.
From 1977 to 1990, Wallenstein served as director of the Bucks County Department of Corrections in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Wallenstein's appointment, which is subject to approval by the County Council, is scheduled to take effect on September 27.
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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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 The Death of Wallenstein, by Frederich Schiller
Wallenstein Meditates treason—I can tell you further, He has committed treason; but few hours Have past since he a covenant concluded With the enemy.
WALLENSTEIN, TERZKY, ILLO, ten CUIRASSIERS (led by an ANSPESSADE 4, march up and arrange themselves, after the word of command, in one front before the DUKE, and make their obeisance.
WALLENSTEIN I have Held and sustained thee from thy tottering childhood.
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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.
Furthermore, and this is a point not made by Kampmann, his book confirms for the Wallenstein affair what has been affirmed for Ferdinand's efforts at the restoration of Catholicism, namely, his concern always to act legally in accordance with his conception of the imperial constitution (cf.
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 - susning.nu
Wallenstein, Albrecht von tysk fältherre under trettioåriga kriget, född 24 september 1583, död 25 februari 1634 (mördad).
Efter slaget vid Lützen framstod Wallenstein som en hjälte som betvingat Lejonet från Norden.
Wallenstein fortsatte dock att ställa till med problem för kejsaren.
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 Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, Herzog von Mecklenburg, Furst Von Sagen --  ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Wallenstein, portrait by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1629; in the Bayerische …
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.
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.
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 Rise to power. (from Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, Herzog von Mecklenburg, Furst Von ...
Ferdinand, mortified by his dependence on the Catholic League under Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria, readily agreed to Wallenstein's proposal to raise an independent imperial army of 24,000 men without charges upon the imperial treasury: Hans de Witte, Wallenstein's financial agent, was to advance the…
Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, Herzog von Mecklenburg, Fürst Von Sagen...
(from Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, Herzog von Mecklenburg, Furst Von Sagen)"...
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 WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON - LoveToKnow Article on WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON - LoveToKnow Article on WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT VON
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.
Mitchell, Wallenstein (1840); S. Gardiner, Thirty Years War.
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