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His son Frederick II. followed as duke, and earned the name of "Quarrelsome" by constant struggles with the kings of Hungary and Bohemia and with the emperor.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Henry, named the "Quarrelsome", supported by Abraham of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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She had three sons one source says five; Otto, afterwards emperor; Henry, duke of Bavaria who is known as "the Quarrelsome"; and Saint Bruno, archbishop of Cologne.
St. Matilda of Saxony, Empress, ancestor of Capetian Dynasty de Brantigny........................ 2008
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She had three sons one source says five; Otto, afterwards emperor; Henry, duke of Bavaria who is known as "the Quarrelsome"; and Saint Bruno, archbishop of Cologne.
Archive 2008-03-09 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Quarrelsome drosky drivers, incongruous mills, and the thousand trumperies of the place, were all forgotten in the perfect beauty of the scene — in the full, the joyous realisation of my ideas of Niagara.
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Countercheque Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with
As You Like It 2004
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Wolf the Quarrelsome turned then to meet him, and thrust at him thrice so hard that Brodir fell before him at each thrust, and was well-nigh not getting on his feet again; but as soon as ever he found his feet, he fled away into the wood at once.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Wolf the Quarrelsome, the greatest champion and warrior; Brian's foster-child's name was Kerthialfad.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Wolf the Quarrelsome cut open his belly, and led him round and round the trunk of a tree, and so wound all his entrails out of him, and he did not die before they were all drawn out of him.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
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Complaisant, if with such motive, a Flatterer: he that is deficient and in all instances unpleasant, Quarrelsome and Cross.
Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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