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    Arnold von Winkelried or Arnold Winkelried was a legendary hero of Swiss history. According to 16th-century Swiss historiography, Winkelried's sacrifice...
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  • Erni Winkelried. This is the only candidate on record for the historicity of Arnold Winkelried of patriotic legend. The first mention of Winkelried as the...
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  • called Arnold Winkelried. the first recorded man with this name is sometimes identified with Arnold von Winkelried of Swiss patriotic legend Arnold Winkelried...
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    and Unterwalden. It became connected to the legend of William Tell. Arnold Winkelried was a possibly legendary hero of the Swiss Battle of Sempach against...
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    Winkelried (d. after 1303), known as Schrutan or Strut "the giant", was a medieval knight in what is now Central Switzerland. As Strut von Winkelried...
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    century has attributed the turning of the tide to the heroic deed of Arnold von Winkelried, who opened a breach in the Habsburg lines by throwing himself into...
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    is a central figure in Swiss national historiography, along with Arnold von Winkelried, the hero of Sempach (1386). He was important as a symbol during...
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    in the Late Middle Ages, including the legends of William Tell and Arnold Winkelried and the Rütli oath. Patriotic songs such as the Sempacherlied as well...
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    Interregnum 60 Bruno von Warendorp 1369 Leader of the Hanseatic League 61 Arnold Winkelried 1386 Knight, Swiss hero at Sempach 62 Wilhelm von Köln 1388 Painter...
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    182. Arnold Winkelried and Albert von Stein are each named as Frundsberg's opponent in contemporary sources. Oman suggests that Winkelried's actions...
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