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Albrecht von Wallenstein

1583 - 1634

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Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland (; 24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein (Czech: Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). His successful martial career made him one of the richest and most influential men in the Holy Roman Empire by the time of his death. Wallenstein became the supreme commander of the armies of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and was a major figure of the Thirty Years' War. Wallenstein was born in the Kingdom of Bohemia into a poor Czech Protestant noble family, affiliated with the Utraquist Hussites, a group of notable anti-German sentiment in some of its circles, and following the teachings of the early reformer Jan Hus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albrecht von Wallenstein is the 80th most popular military personnel (down from 59th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 21st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Military Personnel.

Albrecht von Wallenstein was a military commander in the Thirty Years War. He is most famous for being the commander of the Imperial Army during the Battle of Lützen.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 80 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich Raeder, Hasdrubal Barca, Ferdinand Foch, Michel Ney, Eli Cohen, and Günther von Kluge. After him are Nero Claudius Drusus, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Klaus Barbie, Wild Bill Hickok, and Vasily Arkhipov.

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Among people born in 1583, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 2. Before him is Hugo Grotius. After him are Sasaki Kojirō, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Axel Oxenstierna, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Pieter Lastman, Jacob De la Gardie, Orlando Gibbons, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Hayashi Razan. Among people deceased in 1634, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 1. After him are Hendrick Avercamp, Adriano Banchieri, Ligdan Khan, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Celeste, Urbain Grandier, John Marston, António de Andrade, John Albert Vasa, Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp, and John Webster.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 31 out of 1,200. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932), Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), and Joseph Schumpeter (1883). After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Leoš Janáček (1854), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907), Emil Zátopek (1922), Hans Kelsen (1881), and Max Brod (1884).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 3. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), and Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766). After him are Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Julius von Payer (1841), Otto Kittel (1917), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), and Ferenc Wesselényi (1605).

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