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    Kunz von Kaufungen (also known as Conrad von Kaufungen, or Kunz von Kauffungen; c. 1410 – 14 July 1455) was a German knight and military commander. A...
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    was briefly kidnapped, along with his brother Albert, by the knight Kunz von Kaufungen an episode famous in German history as the Prinzenraub (i.e. The Stealing...
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    as Kunz von Kaufungen, a captain from the tower of Kaufungen located near modern day Limbach-Oberfrohna. Frederick's forces under the command of Kunz won...
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  • composer. He is mainly remembered for one surviving work, the opera Kunz von Kaufungen, which premiered at the Theater an der Wien in March 1826. An organ...
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    the Order of the Golden Fleece. After escaping from the hands of Kunz von Kaufungen, who had abducted him together with his brother Ernest, he spent some...
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    composer Christian Leopold von Buch (1774–1853), geologist Bernhard von Cotta (1808–1879), geologist Kunz von Kaufungen (1410–1455), abductor of the...
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    abducted from the castle of Altenburg by henchmen of the Saxon noble Kunz von Kaufungen, a former knight in the service of Elector Frederick II, who aimed...
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    attempt of a knight named Kunz von Kaufungen to abduct Frederick's sons Ernest and Albert. Having carried them off from Altenburg, Kunz was making his way to...
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    them yesterday. Polyïdos (1805) Die Aitolier (1806) Kalliroe (1806) Kunz von Kaufungen (1809) Cicaden (1810–1811) Gespensterbuch (1810–1815) with Friedrich...
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    and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag, born in Beierfeld Kunz von Kaufungen (ca. 1410-1455), mastermind of the Altenburg Princely Robbery, was...
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  • referred to the founder. Kunz von Kaufungen was enfeoffed with the local manor from 1449 to 1451. In 1544 it was acquired by the family von Carlowitz, 1718 it...
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    best known story by far revolves around Kunz von Kaufungen and the Kidnapping of the Saxon Princes in 1455: Kunz is described as a worthy and righteous...
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