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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • Margravine Elisabeth of Swabia (1235), Queen consort of Castile Anna von Schweidnitz (1362), third wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut...
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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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    not capable of continuing Bismarck's genius. In the 1920s, General von Schweidnitz, who had been ambassador to Russia under Caprivi, made a statement which...
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    VI Corps (German Empire) (category Corps of Germany in World War I)
    Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I. VI AK originated in 1815 as the General Command for the Province of Silesia...
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