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See also:ALBERT (1522–1557) , See also:prince of See also:Bayreuth, surnamed THE WARLIKE, and also See also:ALCIBIADES, was a son of Casimir, prince of Bayreuth, and a member of the Franconian See also:branch of the See also:Hohenzollern See also:family. See also:Born at See also:Ansbach on the 28th of See also:March 1522, he lost his See also:father in 1527 and came under the guardianship of his See also:uncle See also:George; prince of Ansbach, a strong adherent of the reformed doctrines. In 1541 he received Bayreuth as his See also:share of the family. lands, and as the See also:chief See also:town of his principality
was See also:Kulmbach he is sometimes referred to as the See also:margrave of See also:Brandenburg-Kulmbach. His restless and turbulent nature marked him out for a military career; and having collected a small See also:band of soldiers, he assisted the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. in his See also:war with See also:France in 1543. The See also:peace of Crepy in See also:September 1544 deprived him of this employment, but he had won a considerable reputation, and when Charles was preparing to attack the See also:league of See also:Schmalkalden, he took pains to win Albert's assistance. Sharing in the attack on the Saxon electorate, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by See also:John See also:Frederick, elector of See also:Saxony, but was released as a result of the emperor's victory at Miihlberg in the succeeding See also:April. He then followed the fortunes of his friend See also:Maurice, the new elector of Saxony, deserted Charles, and joined the league which See also:pro-posed to overthrow the emperor by an See also:alliance with See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II. of France. He took See also:part in the subsequent See also:campaign, but when the treaty of See also:Passau was signed in See also:August 1552 he separated himself from his See also:allies and began a crusade of See also:plunder in Fran- ' conia. Having extorted a large sum of See also:money from the burghers of See also:Nuremberg, he quarrelled with his supporter, the See also:French 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, and offered his services to the emperor. Charles, anxious to secure such a famous fighter, gladly assented to Albert's demands and gave the imperial See also:sanction to his See also:possession of the lands taken from the bishops of See also:Wurzburg and See also:Bamberg; and his conspicuous bravery was of See also:great value to the emperor on the See also:retreat from See also:Metz in See also:January 1553. When Charles See also:left See also:Germany a few See also:weeks later, Albert renewed his depredations in See also:Franconia. These soon became so serious that a league was formed to crush him, and Maurice of Saxony led an See also:army against his former comrade. The See also:rival forces met at Sievershausen on the 9th of See also:July 1553, and after a combat of unusual ferocity Albert was put to See also:flight. Henry II., See also:duke of See also:Brunswick, then took command of the troops of the league, and after Albert had been placed under the imperial See also:ban in See also:December 1553 he was defeated by Duke Henry, and compelled to See also:fly to France. He there entered the service of Henry II., and had undertaken a campaign to regain his lands when he died at See also:Pforzheim on the 8th of January 1557•
See J. Voigt, Markgraf Albrecht Alcibiades von Brandenburg-. Kulmbach (See also:Berlin, 1852).
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