Albrecht von Wallenstein, born in 1583, was a Bohemian military leader and politician. During the Thirty Years' War he fought alongside the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and became the supreme commander of the armies of the Habsburg Monarchy. He later fell in disgrace and was assassinated in Eger in 1634 with the emperor's approval. After the death he was immortalised by various plays and pieces of literature including Friedrich Schiller's trilogy of plays "Wallenstein".
Wallenstein commissioned the construction of the Wallenstein Palace. It is the first monumental secular Baroque building in Prague and remained in the Wallenstein family until 1945. After World War II the palace became Czechoslovak state property and now houses the Czech Senate.
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In compensation for Wallenstein's help and money he gained as a reward from the Emperor the Duchies of Mecklenburg, whose hereditary dukes suffered expulsion for having helped the Danish king. This awarding of a major territory to someone of the lower nobility shocked the high-born rulers of many other German states. Güstrow Palace became the residence of Wallenstein between 1628 and 1630.
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