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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Holy Roman emperor (1410–1437) and king of Hungary (1387–1437) and Bohemia (1419–1437). He helped end the Great Schism (1378–1417) between two elected popes by convening the Council of Constance (1414–1418).
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The emigrant Schlaberg was a ninth generation descendant of Sigismund Brandenburg, who became Archbishop of Magdeburg at the age of 16 in 1554, and though an unmarried Catholic prelate, fathered a son in 1560 with a woman named Schlaberg, who took his mother's name.
Al Eisele: An American's Unique Link to German History Al Eisele 2011
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The emigrant Schlaberg was a ninth generation descendant of Sigismund Brandenburg, who became Archbishop of Magdeburg at the age of 16 in 1554, and though an unmarried Catholic prelate, fathered a son in 1560 with a woman named Schlaberg, who took his mother's name.
Al Eisele: An American's Unique Link to German History Al Eisele 2011
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Born in Austria under the name of Sigismund Schlomo Freud, he was a neurologist who founded the psychoanalytic method of psychiatry.
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In 1601, for example, King Sigismund III of Poland ordered Iranian rugs made with real silver thread and with his coat of arms.
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After the death (1572) of Sigismund II, last of the Jagiellos, the theory that the entire nobility could take part in the royal elections was newly guaranteed.
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On 9 November 1939, two MI6 officers, Richard Stevens and Sigismund Best, were called to a clandestine meeting at Venlo, on the Dutch-German border.
MI5 files reveal details of British agent's wartime treachery 2012
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In 1920, he took a job in Berlin, where Wernher and his brother Sigismund studied at the Wilhelms-Gymnasium, later part of the eminent French Gymnasium.
Exploring 'Von Braun' getAbstract 2010
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Among those buried in the Cathedral are Sigismund the Old, who ruled Poland for more than four decades in its 16th-century Golden Age, and Jan Sobieski, famous for his victory over the Turks in the 1683 Battle of Vienna.
Plan to Bury Leader With 'Heroes' Splits Poland Marcin Sobczyk 2010
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Among those buried in the Cathedral are Sigismund the Old, who ruled Poland for more than four decades in its 16th-century Golden Age, and Jan Sobieski, famous for his victory over the Turks in the 1683 Battle of Vienna.
Polish President's Resting Place Spurs Debate Marcin Sobczyk 2010
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Among those buried in the Cathedral are Sigismund the Old, who ruled Poland for more than four decades in its 16th-century Golden Age, and Jan Sobieski, famous for his victory over the Turks in the 1683 Battle of Vienna.
Plan to Bury Leader With 'Heroes' Splits Poland Marcin Sobczyk 2010
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