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    Franz von Sickingen (2 March 1481 – 7 May 1523) was a knight of the Holy Roman Empire who, with Ulrich von Hutten, led the so-called "Knights' War," and...
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    Knights' War (category Franz von Sickingen)
    Brotherly Convention (of knights) led by the Evangelical knight Franz von Sickingen to forcibly remove Prince-bishop Richard of Trier and secularize...
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    town he had raided several times. His fellow knights Georg von Frundsberg and Franz von Sickingen successfully argued for his release in 1522, but only after...
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    was a leader of the knights of the Holy Roman Empire along with Franz von Sickingen. Both were the leaders in the Knights' War. His life may be divided...
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    lords of Sickingen assumed responsibility for Landstuhl and the surrounding area. The most famous member of this dynasty was Franz von Sickingen. He converted...
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    1750. Imperial Knight Franz von Sickingen (1481-1523) was a leader of the Rhenish and Swabian knighthood. The Sickingen-Sickingen line of the family died...
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    Nanstein Castle (category House of Sickingen)
    the 12th century, the red sandstone rock castle was once owned by Franz von Sickingen who was mortally wounded during a siege of the castle in 1523. Frederick...
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    returned again to the Dukes of Lorraine two years later. In 1516, Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523) a German adventurer who wared at the expense of Geroldseck's...
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    practice and philosophy in favor of drama, authoring a play called Franz von Sickingen, a Historical Tragedy. Sent anonymously to the Royal Theatre, the...
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    He then began to work for the Reformation, with the support of Franz von Sickingen. Bucer's efforts to reform the church in Wissembourg resulted in...
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    knight, Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523), because most of the area belonged to the territory of the House of Sickingen in the Middle Ages. The Sickingen Heights...
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    Reuchlinian. At Heidelberg, Reuchlin had many private pupils, among whom Franz von Sickingen is the best-known name. With the monks he had never been liked; at...
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  • (b. 1352) 1494 – Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1471) 1523 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (b. 1481) 1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer...
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    Karvajalka) by Mika Waltari. In 1841 a bust by Max von Widnmann was added to the Walhalla memorial. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria had a statue erected in...
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    Francis Drake Francisco Pizarro Franz von Sickingen Gerard Thom Geoffroi de Charny Gilles de Rais Godfrey of Bouillon Götz von Berlichingen Guy de Lusignan...
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    Walhalla (memorial) (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    philosopher and humanist (Imhof, 1835) 38. Franz von Sickingen – leader of the Knights' War (von Bandel, 1827) 39. Ulrich von Hutten – German knight and Renaissance...
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    number of Protestant and religious humanist German knights led by Franz von Sickingen, against the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Emperor. It...
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    (1566-1631) and his wife Lucia von Sickingen (1569–1605), a granddaughter of Franz von Sickingen. His elder brother was Melchior von Hatzfeldt, Imperial field...
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    became subsequently part of the Wittelsbach inheritance. In 1519, Franz von Sickingen became the owner of Nanstein Castle. He became a Protestant, and...
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  • Franz von Sickingen (1481-1523) and Ulrich von Hutten in the so-called Knights' War (1522-1523). It was quickly suppressed. Both von Hutten and von Sickingen...
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  • Maximilian I (1459–1519), Chevalier de Bayard (1476–1524), Franz von Sickingen (1481–1523) and Götz von Berlichingen (1480–1562). Maximilian (although Claude...
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    Schrottenberg Schütz Schwartzenberg Seckendorf Seefried Seinsheim Senfft Serpes Sickingen Siles Sodden Sohlern Sparr Spaur Specht Speshardt Speth Stadion (Steigerwald...
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    (1976, TV miniseries) - Hoym, Bandit Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand (1979) - Franz von Sickingen Return to Treasure Island (1986, TV series)...
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    uprisings responded, first, the one of lower nobility, headed by Franz von Sickingen in 1523, and then, the great peasant's war, in 1525; both were crushed...
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    holding the new opinions who had settled there under the leadership of Franz von Sickingen. Oecolampadius returned to Basel in November 1522, as vicar of St...
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  • took up arms. Franz von Sickingen (d. 1523), an imperial knight from the Rhineland, formed an alliance with his peers against Richard von Greiffenklau...
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    them into his frame of rulership. In 1517, he lifted the ban on Franz von Sickingen, a leading figure among the knights and took him into his service...
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  • referred to as "The Last Knight" Franz von Sickingen (2 March 1481 – 7 May 1523) was a German knight who, along with Ulrich von Hutten, led the Knights' War...
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  • January 15 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1511) March 2 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (d. 1523) March 7 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect...
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  • and astrologer (d. 1512) 1459 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523) 1481 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (d. 1523) 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and...
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