GEORG VON See also:FRUNDSBERG (1473-1528)
, See also:German soldier, was See also:born at Mindelheim on the 24th of See also:September 1473
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He fought for the German See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king See also:Maximilian I. against the Swiss in 1499, and in the same See also:year was among the imperial troops sent to assist Ludovico See also:Sforza, See also:duke of See also:Milan, against the See also:French
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Still serving Maximilian, he took See also:part in 1504 in the See also:war over the See also:succession to the duchy of See also:Bavaria-See also:Landshut, and after-wards fought in the See also:Netherlands
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Convinced of the See also:necessity of a native See also:body of trained See also:infantry See also:Frundsberg assisted Maximilian to organize the Landsknechte (q.v.), and subsequently at the See also:head of bands of these formidable troops he was of See also:great service to the See also:Empire and the Habsburgs
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In 1509 he shared in the war against See also:Venice, winning fame for himself and his men; and after a See also:short visit to See also:Germany returned to See also:Italy, where in 1513 and 1514 he gained fresh laurels by his enterprises against the Venetians and the French
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See also:Peace being made, he returned to Germany, and at the head of the infantry of the Swabian See also:league assisted to drive See also:Ulrich of See also:Wurttemberg from his duchy in 1519
.
At the See also:diet of See also:Worms in 1521 he spoke words of encouragement to See also:Luther, and when the struggle between See also:France and the Empire was renewed he took part in the invasion of See also:Picardy, and then proceeding to Italy brought the greater part of See also:Lombardy under the See also:influence of See also:Charles V. through his victory at Bicocca in See also:April 1522
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He was partly responsible for the great victory over the French at See also:Pavia in See also:February 1525, and, returning to Germany, he assisted to suppress the See also:Peasant revolt, using on this occasion, however, See also:diplomacy as well as force
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When the war in Italy was renewed Frundsberg raised an See also:army at his own expense, and skilfully surmounting many difficulties, joined the See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable de See also:Bourbon near See also:Piacenza and marched towards See also:Rome
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Before he reached the See also:city, however, his unpaid troops showed signs of See also:mutiny, and their See also:leader, stricken with illness and unable to pacify them, gave up his command
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Returning to Germany, he died at Mindelheim on the loth of See also:August 1528
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He was a capable and chivalrous soldier, and a devoted servant of the Habsburgs
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His son Caspar (1500–1536) and his See also:grandson Georg (d
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1586) were both soldiers of some distinction
.
With the latter's See also:death the See also:family became See also:extinct
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See See also:Adam Reissner, Historia Herrn Georgs and Herrn Kaspars von Frundsberg (See also:Frankfort, 1568)
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A German See also:translation of this See also:work was published at Frankfort in 1572
.
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Barthold, Georg von Frundsberg (See also:Hamburg, 1833) ; J
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Heilmann, Kriegsgeschichle von Bayern, Franken, Pfalz and Schwaben (See also:Munich, 1868)
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