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See also:POLLNITZ, KARL See also:LUDWIG, FREIHERR VON (1692-1775) , See also:German adventurer and writer, was See also:born at Issum on the 25th of See also:February 1692. His See also:father, Wilhelm Ludwig von Pollnitz (d. 1693), was in the military service of the elector of See also:Brandenburg, and much of his son's youth was passed at the electoral See also:court in See also:Berlin. He was a See also:man of restless and adventurous disposition, unscrupulous even for the See also:age in which he lived, visited many of the See also:European courts, and served as a soldier in See also:Austria, See also:Italy and See also:Spain. Returning to Berlin in 1735 he obtained a position in the See also:household of 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:Frederick See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. and afterwards in that of Frederick the See also:Great, with whom he appears to have been a great favourite; and he died in Berlin on
the 23rd of See also:June 1775.
Pollnitz's Memoires (See also:Liege, 1734), which were translated into German (See also:Frankfort, 1735), give interesting glimpses of his See also:life and the See also:people whom he met, but they are very untrustworthy. He also wrote Nouveaux mmoires (See also:Amsterdam, 1737) ; Etat abrege de is tour de See also:Saxe sous le regne d'Auguste III. (Frankfort, 1734; Ger. trans., See also:Breslau, 1736) ; and Memoires pour servir a l'histoire See also:des quatres derniers souverains de la maison de Brandenbourg, published by F. L. See also:Brunn (Berlin, 1791; Ger. trans., Berlin, 1791). Perhaps his most popular See also:works are La Saxe galante (Amsterdam, 1734), an See also:account of the private life of See also:Augustus the Strong, elector of See also:Saxony and king of See also:Poland; and Histoire secrete de la duchesse d'Hanovre, epouse de Georges I. (See also:London, 1732). There is an See also:English See also:translation of the Memoires (London, 1738-1739). See P. von Pollnitz, Stammtafeln der Familie von Pollnitz (Berlin, 1894) ; and J. G. See also:Droysen, Geschichte der preussischen Politik, pt. iv. (See also:Leipzig, 1870).
End of Article: POLLNITZ, KARL LUDWIG, FREIHERR VON (1692-1775)
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