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How many estates did Albrecht von Wallenstein buy from executed or banished Bohemian nobles?
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Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht von Wallenstein, portrait by Anthony van Dyck, 1629; in the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich.
Albrecht von Wallenstein purchased nearly 60 estates from executed or banished Bohemian nobles. He was able to acquire these properties at half their official assessment by utilizing a debased coinage system he helped implement as a partner in a financial syndicate.1