Wenzel Eusebius, Fürst von Lobkowitz

Wenzel Eusebius, Fürst von Lobkowitz (born Jan. 30, 1609—died April 22, 1677, Raudnitz, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]) was a statesman who served as chief minister of the Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) under the Habsburg emperor Leopold I. During the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) he fought first in Bohemia and Silesia under Albrecht von Wallenstein and later in the Rhineland and Westphalia. As president of the Bohemian Landtag (Diet) during 1643–49, he helped consolidate Habsburg rule...