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Hans de Witte

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Hans de Witte (1583-1630) was a German financier who was the main financial backer of Albrecht von Wallenstein's army during the Thirty Years War.

Sources

  • John G. Gagliardo. Germany Under the Old Regime, 1600-1790. New York: Longman, 1991. p. 78.
  • Fritz Redlich. "Military Entrepreneurship and the Credit System in the 16th Century". in Kykols: International Review of Social Sciences. Vol. 10, issue 2, p. 186-193. May 1957.