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2 unusual facts about Franz von Sickingen


Franz von Sickingen

For this service he was made imperial chamberlain and councillor, and in 1521 he led an expedition into France, which ravaged Picardy, but was beaten back from Mézières and forced to retreat.

Weselberg

The components are made up of wheat ears (agricultural character), cannon balls (from the descendants of Franz von Sickingen, who owned the village until 1793), and the chapel (a typical part of such a town).


Caspar Aquila

Returning to Wittenberg, he met Luther, and acted as tutor to the sons of Franz von Sickingen at Ebernburg castle.

Franz von Hatzfeld

Franz von Hatzfeld was born in Crottorf, near Friesenhagen, on September 13, 1596, the third son of Freiherr Sebastian von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg (1566-1631) and his wife Lucia von Sickingen (1569–1605), a granddaughter of Franz von Sickingen.


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