WALLENSTEIN, ALBRECHT WENZEL EUSEBIUS VON, HERZOG (DUKE) V

born Sept. 24 [Sept. 14, old style], 1583, Hermanice, Bohemia died Feb. 25, 1634, Eger Wallenstein also spelled Waldstein, Czech Albrecht Vclav Eusebius Z Valdtejna, or Valtejna Bohemian soldier and statesman, commanding general of the armies of the Holy Roman emperor Ferdinand II during the Thirty Years' War. His alienation from the Emperor and his political-military conspiracies led to his assassination.