The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... succession in 1273 to the exertions of one Hohenzollern burgrave , and Louis the Bavarian owed the victory of Mühldorf ( 1322 ) to another . The two sons of the first burgrave , Conrad and Frederick , divided their inheritance between ...
... succession in 1273 to the exertions of one Hohenzollern burgrave , and Louis the Bavarian owed the victory of Mühldorf ( 1322 ) to another . The two sons of the first burgrave , Conrad and Frederick , divided their inheritance between ...
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... succession to the duchy of Prussia . Branden Between the accession of the Hohenzollern dynasty and the period at which we have now arrived the area of 1415 to Brandenburg had been increased to nearly 15,000 square 1571. miles , and its ...
... succession to the duchy of Prussia . Branden Between the accession of the Hohenzollern dynasty and the period at which we have now arrived the area of 1415 to Brandenburg had been increased to nearly 15,000 square 1571. miles , and its ...
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... Succession ; but Frederick's interests were only mediately concerned , and neither the peace of Ryswick ( 1697 ) nor that of Utrecht ( 1713 ) brought him any very tangible advantage . Bran- denburg soldiers also helped the emperor in ...
... Succession ; but Frederick's interests were only mediately concerned , and neither the peace of Ryswick ( 1697 ) nor that of Utrecht ( 1713 ) brought him any very tangible advantage . Bran- denburg soldiers also helped the emperor in ...
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... succession to the duchies of Jülich and Berg . In 1725 we and contented himself with a civil list of 52,000 thalers find the king trusting for support to an alliance with ( £ 7800 ) . The domains were now managed so as to yield England ...
... succession to the duchies of Jülich and Berg . In 1725 we and contented himself with a civil list of 52,000 thalers find the king trusting for support to an alliance with ( £ 7800 ) . The domains were now managed so as to yield England ...
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... succession of brilliant campaigns in which Frederick maintained himself against a coalition embracing nearly the whole of Europe has been narrated in the article AUSTRIA ( vol . iii . p . 127 sq . ) . As Macaulay points out in a ...
... succession of brilliant campaigns in which Frederick maintained himself against a coalition embracing nearly the whole of Europe has been narrated in the article AUSTRIA ( vol . iii . p . 127 sq . ) . As Macaulay points out in a ...
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