Uskok War
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The Uskok War, also known as the War of Gradisca or the War of Friuli, was fought by the Austrians, Slovenes, Croats and Spanish on one side and the Venetians, Croats, Slovenes, Dutch, and English on
The Uskok in the Senjer Canal
Gradisca Castle
Albrecht von Wallenstein
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Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader, statesman and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War, fighting on the Catholic side as
Uskok War
…Austrian Giovanni de Medici left his command for health reasons, and was replaced by Prince Luigi d'Este. Although the Venetians surrounded Fort Stella, Albrecht von Wallenstein brought in reinforcements and supplies. He used his wealth, offering and commanding 200 horses for Archduke Ferdinand of Styria for the war and relieving…
Portrait by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, after a 1629 original by Anthony van Dyck
Countess Isabelle von Harrach, Wallenstein's second wife
Wallenstein depicted as Mars, the god of war, riding the sky in a chariot pulled by four horses. Ceiling decoration in the main hall of the Wallenstein Palace
The battle of Lützen was one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War, in which the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus was killed.