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unusual facts about Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch


Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch

She married on 14 October 1560 in Bitsch with Count Philip V of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1541–1599).


Emil Bitsch

On 15 March 1944, Bitsch was shot down and killed in a Bf 109 G-6 in aerial combat with USAAF P-47 fighters of the 352d Fighter Group over Schijndel.

Nicolas Oudinot

His gallant defense of the little fort of Bitsch in the Vosges in 1792 drew attention to him; he was transferred to the regular army in November 1793, and after serving in numerous actions on the Belgian frontier he was promoted general of brigade, in June 1794 for his conduct at the Battle of Kaiserslautern.


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