biography
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Sickingen, Franz von
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| male
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| lived:
| (1481–1523)
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| biography:
| Knight, born in Ebernburg, W Germany. A member of the Reichsritterschaft (the class of free knights), he acquired considerable wealth fighting campaigns against cities, such as at Worms (1513), and Metz (1518). A champion of the poorer classes, he became a prominent leader of the early Reformation in Germany, declaring war against the Archbishop of Trier. He was defeated and died in his last stronghold at Landstuhl. |
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