Liegnitz
Americannoun
noun
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Heinrich, enormously fat, drunken, gluttonous Duke of Liegnitz, was a contemporary of England's Queen Elizabeth, but he never gave her a thought until his last legs were wobbly.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Von Braun fought the Mongols at Liegnitz in 1245, and the family's aristocracy was certified by the centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
This event, so replete with excitement, took place the year he was preacher at Liegnitz.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag
At Liegnitz, a spent ball struck him on the calf of the leg.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Frederick III, who died in 1570, spent the last six years of his life dependent upon private charity at the castle of Liegnitz.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
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