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unusual facts about Kurfürst



Jean-Joseph Vinache

Jean-Joseph Vinache (1696 – 1 December 1754) was a French sculptor who served as court sculptor to Kurfürst Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, whose equestrian monument, the Goldener Reiter, the "gilded Horseman", is one of the most familiar sights of Dresden, Germany, though its sculptor is rarely noted.

John of Isenburg-Grenzau

Johann V. von Isenburg auch Johann V. von Isenburg-Grenzau (* ca. 1507 – † 18 February 1556 in Montabaur) war von 1547 bis 1556 Erzbischof und Kurfürst von Trier.

Marcus Junkelmann

Junkelmann started to study history at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1971 and in 1979 he received a PhD for a thesis on the military achievements of Maximilian II (1662–1726) (original title: Kurfürst Max Emanuel von Bayern als Feldherr).

SS City of Los Angeles

SS City of Los Angeles (1922), sailed under this name from 1922 until scrapped in 1937; formerly USS Aeolus (ID-3005) for the United States Navy in World War I and SS Grosser Kurfürst for Norddeutscher Lloyd before that.


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