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    of Everstein at the consecration of St John's church in Plauen. The name of the area Heinrich controlled derives from his office: Vogtland (Terra advocatorum...
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    Plauen (German pronunciation: [ˈplaʊən]; Czech: Plavno) is, with around 65,000 inhabitants, the fifth-largest city of Saxony, Germany after Leipzig, Dresden...
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    1482–87 Heinrich II, 1482–1500, with Heinrich III, 1482–1498 Heinrich I, 1500–38, with Heinrich II, 1500–1547 To Reuss-Plauen, 1547 Heinrich X, 1647–71...
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    was a member of the elder line of the House of Plauen. He was the son of Burgrave Henry III of Plauen († 1519) from his second marriage to Barbara of...
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    von Orseln (1324–1330), Ludolf König von Wattzau (1342–1445) and Heinrich von Plauen (1410–1413). The church had been known as the burial place of the...
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    Master Heinrich Reuß von Plauen paid homage to King Casimir IV Jagiellon. 20 November 1470, at a Sejm in Piotrków Trybunalski, Grand Master Heinrich Reffle...
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  • also once known as the Heiligengeistesfeld (Holy Ghost Field). Heinrich Reuß von Plauen established a semi-circular sconce with trenches to protect the...
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  • John V of Portugal "The Oath-Taker": Henry III of Reuss (1337–1378) "The Oberhofrichter": Henry of Reuss-Plauen (1271–1303) "The Oceanographer": Albert I...
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    largest city in the Vogtland, and one of its historical capitals along with Plauen, Greiz and Weida. The city lies in the East Thuringian Hill Country, in...
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    Polish–Lithuanian intentions, he left 3,000 men at Schwetz (Świecie) under Heinrich von Plauen and marched the main forces to organise a line of defence on the...
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    War and Hof was finally taken from Margrave Albert Alcibiades by Heinrich IV of Plauen on September 28, 1553. Albert was able to briefly retake Hof on...
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  • von Erlichshausen, Grand Master (1450–1467) Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master (1467–1470) Heinrich Reffle von Richtenberg, Grand Master (1470–1477)...
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  • Dorothea (26 November 1547–18 September 1585), married 1566 Heinrich XVI Reuss von Plauen zu Gera (29 December 1530 – 6 April 1572) Elisabeth (6 March...
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    Jagiełło and Vytautas the Great (Witold) at the Battle of Grunwald. Heinrich von Plauen successfully led the defence in the Siege of Marienburg (1410), during...
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    Order, but was unable to take Marienburg owing to the resistance of Heinrich von Plauen. When the First Peace of Thorn was signed in 1411, the Order managed...
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    Korps (12,000 men, 50 guns) under Feldmarschalleutnant Prince Heinrich XV Reuss of Plauen had been left behind on the Bisamberg heights as a strategic...
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  • Reuss-Ebersdorf Friedrich Majer: Chronik des fürstlichen Hauses der Reussen von Plauen, Weimar and Leipzig. 1811 (Online) Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: Neues elegantestes...
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    register tons (GRT), and with damaging three ships and a destroyer. Born in Plauen, Hartenstein joined the Reichsmarine (navy of the Weimar Republic) in 1928...
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    (1536–1591) Dorothy Catherine (1538–1604) married in 1556 Henry V, Burgrave of Plauen, Burgrave of Meissen George Frederick (1539–1603), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach...
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    of Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss Elder Line in 1927, the titles passed to Heinrich XXVII. Heinrich XLV, Hereditary Prince Reuss Younger Line Heinrich XLV...
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    Gangloffsömmern in Thuringia. Branches of the family still exist today. Heinrich von Brühl, who indirectly controlled Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    Order, and his own death, at the Battle of Grunwald. Grand Master Henry of Plauen (1410–1413) fought to restore the Order's status, but was removed from office...
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    Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode (category Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor)
    : 3 : 92  In 999, Emperor Otto III granted the convent Imperial status and in 1004, Empress Kunigunde, wife of Emperor Heinrich II visited the convent. The...
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    the cantor and schoolmaster of Marieney. He studied at the Gymnasium in Plauen from 1817 to 1822, and afterwards studied law at the University of Jena...
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  • banker, helicopter crash. Klaus Zink, 88, German footballer (BSG Wismut Plauen, Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt). Jones Arogbofa, 71, Nigerian military officer...
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    for stealing six candles. After an appeal, he was allowed to continue in Plauen. Shortly after graduation, when his roommate accused him of stealing a watch...
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    Marienburg, but without much success due to the professional command of Heinrich Reuß von Plauen the Elder, Komtur of Elbing. In the meantime there was some organised...
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  • This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey. Johann Heinrich Fritsch: Geschichte des vormaligen Reichsstifts Quedlinburg pt 2, 1828, pp...
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    Israel (1973) Ypres, Belgium (1967) Zakopane, Poland (1989) Plauen, Germany (1990) Henry III of Nassau-Breda (1483–1538), Count of Nassau and Lord of Breda...
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    against the Prussian Confederation. On 4 October 1454, the rittmasters Heinrich von Plauen (the younger) and Wit von Schönburg began negotiations with the Grand...
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