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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albrecht von Wallenstein has received more than 888,888 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Albrecht von Wallenstein is the 59th most popular military personnel (up from 61st in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Czechia and the 2nd 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 59 out of 2,058. Before him are Erich Ludendorff, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gerd von Rundstedt, Vasily Zaitsev, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, and Ernst Röhm. After him are Miltiades, Seleucus I Nicator, Alfred Jodl, Otto Skorzeny, Ferdinand Foch, and Stanislav Petrov.

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Contemporaries

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, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Hayashi Razan, Orlando Gibbons, and Jan Porcellis. Among people deceased in 1634, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 1. After him are Hendrick Avercamp, Ligdan Khan, Adriano Banchieri, Maria Celeste, Urbain Grandier, John Albert Vasa, Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Magdalene of Nagasaki, John Webster, António de Andrade, and Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 21 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), Alphonse Mucha (1860), Ferdinand Porsche (1875), John of Nepomuk (1350), Karel Čapek (1890), and Wilhelm Steinitz (1836). After him are Kurt Gödel (1906), Joseph Schumpeter (1883), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), and Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Albrecht von Wallenstein ranks 2. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360). After him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Kurt Knispel (1921), Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Otto Kittel (1917), Julius von Payer (1841), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Ferenc Wesselényi (1605), and Moritz von Auffenberg (1852).

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