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See also:WULLENWEBER, JURGEN (c. 1492—1537) , burgomaster of See also:Lubeck, was See also:born probably at See also:Hamburg. Settling in Lubeck as a See also:merchant he took some See also:part in the risings of the inhabitants 111 1530 and 1531, being strongly in sympathy with the democratic ideas in See also:religion and politics which inspired them. Having joined the governing See also:council of the See also:city and become See also:leader of the democratic party, he was appointed burgomaster See also:early in 1533 and threw himself into the See also:movement for restoring Lubeck to her former position of See also:influence. Preparations were made to attack the Dutch towns, the See also:principal trading rivals of Lubeck, when the See also:death of See also:Frederick I., 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 of See also:Denmark, in See also:April 1533 changed the position of affairs. The Liibeckers objected to the bestowal of the Danish See also:crown upon any See also:prince favourable to the See also:Empire or the See also:Roman religion, and Wullenweber went to See also:Copenhagen to discuss the See also:matter. At length an See also:alliance was concluded 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 VIII. of See also:England; considerable support was obtained in N. See also:Germany; and in 1534 an attack was made on See also:Christian, See also:duke of See also:Holstein, afterwards King Christian III., who claimed the See also:throne. At first the Lubeckers gained several successes, but Christian of Holstein appeared before Lubeck; the efforts of Wullenweber to secure See also:allies failed; and the citizens were compelled to make See also:peace. The imperial See also:court of See also:justice at See also:Spires restored the old constitution, and in See also:August 1535 the aristocratic party returned to See also:power. Soon afterwards Wullenweber was seized by See also:Christopher, See also:archbishop of See also:Bremen, and handed over to his See also:brother Henry II., duke of See also:Brunswick-Wolfenbiittel. Having been tortured and sentenced to death as a traitor and an Anabaptist, he was beheaded at See also:Wolfenbuttel on the 29th of See also:September 1537. Wullenweber, who was See also:long regarded as a popular See also:hero in Lubeck, inspired tragedies by Heinrich Kruse and Karl See also:Ferdinand See also:Gutzkow, and a novel by See also:Ludwig Kohler.
See G. See also:Waitz, Lubeck unter Jurgen Wullenweber and See also:die europdische Politik (See also:Berlin, 1855-1856).
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