Wallenstein
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader and politician, who offered his services, and an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II. He became the supreme commander of the armies of the Habsburg Monarchy and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War.
In Conan Doyle stories
- Micah Clarke (1889) : « By my sword, Tilly or Wallenstein would not have taken four days to come from Lyme to Taunton, though all James Stuart's cavalry barred the way. »
- [SH] A Scandal in Bohemia (1891) : The town of Egria in Bohemia was remarkable as being the scene of the death of Wallenstein. (102)