Denied command of the imperial armies by Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein, he took part in the conspiracy against the generalissimo and was partly responsible for his death in 1634.
He met both Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the republic that followed, and Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist generalissimo who ruled China for much of the inter-war period.
Yet North Korea's reclusive generalissimo, Kim Jong Il, appears not just to revel in his country's isolation, he has been doing all he can to deepen it.
China's Communists may have been at odds with the generalissimo.
On August 13 , 1630 Ferdinand II dismissed his generalissimo.
After the Treaty of Lunéville (1801), Charles became president of the Austrian Hofkriegsrat ("Supreme War Council") and generalissimo with wide powers.
Elected generalissimo in 1438, he reconquered the Venetian fortresses along the Po River, ensuring Venice's dominance in that area.
In March 1918, Haig secured the appointment of another French general, Ferdinand Foch, as Allied generalissimo.
Adams and the other survivors were summoned to Ōsaka, where Tokugawa Ieyasu soon to become the shogun (generalissimo) of Japan interrogated mainly Adams about a variety of political, religious, and technological topics.
From 1625 to 1632 Hatzfeldt campaigned under the imperial generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein; he then took part in the conspiracy that toppled Wallenstein (1634), for which the emperor Ferdinand III rewarded him with lands and titles.
After his return to Germany, Piccolomini, who was instrumental in Wallenstein's reinstatement as generalissimo and almost turned the Battle of Lützen (November 1632) into an imperial victory, became increasingly disillusioned when his superior bequeathed favours and promotions on other men.
