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    (Polish: Henryk II Świdnicki, Czech: Jindřich Svídnický, German: Heinrich II. von Schweidnitz; c. 1316 – c. 28 June 1345), was a Duke of Świdnica from 1326...
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    (secondary school), and from 1880 to 1887 he studied at the gymnasium in Schweidnitz. The curriculum included Latin, French, Hebrew and Classical Greek, but...
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    as Horst Heinrich, which is definitely wrong. The full Name is Helmut Horst Streckenbach Source: Registry office Häslicht, district Schweidnitz No. 4/1926...
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  • who was a town clerk in Schweidnitz, and to have been born in Schweidnitz, Silesia. Stoltzer may have studied with Heinrich Finck; while no concrete...
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    Henry's brother Bolko I was appointed regent of his territories. In 1291 Henry V granted Bolko I the towns of Świdnica (Schweidnitz), Ziębice, Ząbkowice...
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    Michael von Matuschka (category German Army personnel of World War I)
    politician who took part in the 20 July plot. Matuschka was born in Schweidnitz, Silesia (today Świdnica, Poland) and studied law at the Universities...
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    with King Charles IV of Luxembourg, who married Bolko's niece Anna von Schweidnitz in 1353. The duke died in 1368 and after the death of his widow Agnes...
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  • after giving birth, and his twin brother died a little earlier) Anna von Schweidnitz (1362), third wife and queen consort of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor...
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    in Brunswick. They had: Richenza (b. 1143 - d. 1200), married Landgrave Heinrich V of Steffling. The marriage produced no male heirs, as Gertrude died in...
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    Frederick the Great (category Children of Frederick William I of Prussia)
    Frederick formed the Bayard Order to discuss warfare with his friends; Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué was made the grand master of the gatherings....
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