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Wallenstein

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Wal·len·stein  (wln-stn, väln-shtn), Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von. Duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg. 1583-1634.
Austrian military leader who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).
Wallenstein (German) [ˈvalənʃtain], Waldstein
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(Biographies / Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg, prince of Sagan (1583-1634) M, Germannational of birth: Bohemian, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: statesman) Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von (ˈalbrɛçt ˈvɛntsəl ɔyˈzeːbiʊs fɔn), duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg, prince of Sagan. 1583-1634, German general and statesman, born in Bohemia. As leader of the Hapsburg forces in the Thirty Years' War he won many successes until his defeat at Lützen (1632) by Gustavus Adolphus
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Noun1.Wallenstein - Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)Wallenstein - Austrian general who fought for the Hapsburgs during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)
Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein
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Remarkable as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein, and for its numerous glass-factories and paper-mills.
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