See also:

• GOETZ, HERMANN (184o-1876)

GOETZ See also:

• GOETZ BERLICHINGEN

BERLICHINGEN  or GOTTFRIED VON (1480–1562), See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Jagsthausen now in See also:

• WURTTEMBERG

Wurttemberg . In 1497 he entered the service of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick IV., See also:

• MARGRAVE (Ger. Markgraf)

margrave of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg-See also:

• ANSBACH

Ansbach, and in 1498 fought for the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian I. in See also:

• BURGUNDY

Burgundy, See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine and See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant, and next See also:

• YEAR

year in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland . About 1500 he raised a See also:

• COMPANY

company of freelances, and at their See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head took See also:

• PART

part in various private See also:

• WARS

wars . In 1505, whilst assisting See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert IV., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• LANDSHUT

Landshut, his right See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand was shot away, and an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron one was substituted which is still shown at Jagsthausen . In spite of this " See also:

• GOETZ, HERMANN (184o-1876)

Goetz with the iron hand " continued his feuds, their See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive being mainly See also:

• BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty and See also:

• RANSOM (from Lat. redemptio, through Fr. rancon)

ransom . In 1512 an attack near See also:

• FORCHHEIM

Forchheim on some merchants returning from the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FAIR

fair at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, caused him to be put under the See also:

• BAN

ban of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire by Maximilian, and he was only released from this in 1514 upon a promise to pay 14,000 gulden . In 1516 he made a See also:

• RAID

raid into See also:

• HESSE
• HESSE (Lat. Hessia, Ger. Hessen)

Hesse and captured See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip IV., See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Waldeck, whom he compelled to pay a ransom of 8400 See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold gulden, and in 1518 was again placed under the ban . He fought for See also:

• ULRICH

Ulrich I., duke of Wurttemberg, when he was attacked by the Swabian See also:

• LEAGUE

League in 1519, and after a spirited resistance was compelled, through want of See also:

• AMMUNITION

ammunition and provisions, to surrender the See also:

• TOWN

town of Mockmuhl . In violation of the terms of the See also:

• CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation he was held prisoner, and handed over to the citizens of See also:

• HEILBRONN

Heilbronn, but owing to the efforts of See also:

• SICKINGEN, FRANZ VON (1481-1523)

Sickingen and Georg von See also:

• FRUNDSBERG, GEORG VON (1473-1528)

Frundsberg was released in 1522, upon paying 2000 gulden, and See also:

• SWEARING (O. Eng. swerian, to swear, originally to speak aloud, cf. andswerian, to answer, Ger. schworen, Dan. svaerge, &c., all from root sorer-, to make a sound, cf. " swarm," properly the buzzing of bees, Lat. susurrus)

swearing not to take vengeance on the League . When the Peasants' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in 1525 Goetz was compelled by the rebels of the See also:

• ODENWALD

Odenwald See also:

• DISTRICT

district to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . He accepted the position, according to his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, partly because he had no choice, partly in the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of curbing the excesses of the insurgents; but, finding himself in this respect powerless, after a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month of nominal leadership, he took the first opportunity of escaping to his castle . For his part in the See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion he was called to account before the See also:

• DIET

diet of Speier, and on the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1526 was acquitted by the imperial chamber .

In spite of this the Swabian League seized the opportunity of paying off old scores against him . Lured to See also:

• AUGSBURG
• AUGSBURG, CONFESSION OF
• AUGSBURG, WAR OF THE LEAGUE OF

Augsburg, under promise of safe conduct, to clear himself of the charges made against him on behalf of the League, he was there treacherously seized on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1528, and kept a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close prisoner for two years . In 1530 he was liberated on repeating his See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of 1522, and undertaking not to leave the neighbourhood of his castle of Hornberg on the See also:

• NECKAR

Neckar . He appears to have remained there quietly until 1540 when the emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. released him from his oath . In 1542 he fought against the See also:

• TURKS

Turks in See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, and in 1544 accompanied Charles when he invaded See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He returned to Hornberg, where he passed his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 23rd of See also:

• JULY

July 1562 . He was twice married and See also:

• LEFT

left three daughters and seven sons . The See also:

• COUNTS

counts von See also:

• BERLICHINGEN, GOETZ

Berlichingen-Rossach, of Helmstadt near See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, one of the two surviving branches of the See also:

• FAMILY

family, are his descendants . The other See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch, that of the Freiherrn von Berlichingen-Jagsthausen, is descended from Goetz's See also:

• BROTHER

brother Hans . Goetz von Berlichingen " is the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe's See also:

• PLAY

play, which, published in 1773, marked an See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of German See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama (see GoETHE) . See R . Pallmann, Der historische Goetz von Berlichingen (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1894) ; F .

W . G . See also:

• GRAF, ARTURO (1848– )
• GRAF, KARL HEINRICH (1815–1869)

Graf von Berlichingen-Rossach, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Ritters Goetz von Berlichingen and seiner Familie (Leipzig, 1861) . Goetz's Autobiography, valuable as a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of his times, was first published by Pistorius at See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg (1731), and again at See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle (1886) .