Quotes:Wallenstein, Albrecht von

Zirkoff, Boris

Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von. Duke of Friedland, Sagan and Mecklenburg. German soldier and statesman, b. of noble family at Herrmanic, Bohemia, Sept. 15, 1583; d. Feb. 25, 1634. Sent to Jesuit college at Olmitz, but did not accept the R. C. faith. Attended university at Altdorf, 1599, but was expelled. Travelled and studied at Bologna and Padua, and developed keen interest in astrology. Served in the army of Emperor Rudolph II of Hungary, 537 and married wealthy Bohemian widow whose large estates he inherited in 1614. During the Thirty-Years-War, associated himself with the imperial cause and won distinction. Recovering his lost estates, he created from them the territory called Friedland. Made Duke of Friedland, 1625, and proved to be a model ruler, founding schools, developing agriculture, mining and manufacturing. In the next few years was active in the Emperor’s plans to extend holdings to the Baltic, a plan which failed. After brief period of retirement in Prague, was recalled, 1632, to form new army against Gustavas Adolphus and drove the Saxons from Bohemia. His motives and secret plans for a united Germany were misconstrued and he was suspected of playing a double part. In the ensuing confusion, he was killed by Devereux’s partisans.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 3, pp. 536-537