He expanded his landholdings by marrying an elderly Moravian widow in 1609 when he was 26, and was made Duke of Friedland after putting down a rebellion in his native Bohemia.  
He expanded his landholdings by marrying an elderly Moravian widow in 1609 when he was 26, and was made Duke of Friedland after putting down a rebellion in his native Bohemia.  By the year of his death, he had very few allies other than Christian von Ilow, a far cry from his popularity when he occupied all of mainland Denmark in collaboration with the Count of Tilly.  Profiled in a trilogy by Schiller, FTP, who is this turncoat against Ferdinand II who was assassinated 14 months after opposing Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Lutzen?
He expanded his landholdings by marrying an elderly Moravian widow in 1609 when he was 26, and was made Duke of Friedland after putting down a rebellion in his native Bohemia.  
Albrecht (Wenzel Eusebius) von Wallenstein