Albrecht von Wallenstein struck coinage in his own name only after Emperor Ferdinand II granted him the Duchy of Friedland in 1625 — an extraordinary concession that reflected how thoroughly the Emperor depended on Wallenstein's privately financed armies during the Thirty Years' War. The right to mint was a sovereign privilege, and its exercise here was a deliberate assertion of status, not merely an economic function.
Wallenstein was assassinated on imperial orders in 1634, and Friedland was immediately dissolved. Six years of coinage.
Albrecht von Wallenstein struck coinage in his own name only after Emperor Ferdinand II granted him the Duchy of Friedland in 1625 — an extraordinary concession that reflected how thoroughly the Emperor depended on Wallenstein's privately financed armies during the Thirty Years' War. The right to mint was a sovereign privilege, and its exercise here was a deliberate assertion of status, not merely an economic function.
Wallenstein was assassinated on imperial orders in 1634, and Friedland was immediately dissolved. Six years of coinage.