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(Encyclopedia) Walther von der Vogelweide välˈtər fən dĕr fōˈgəlvīˌdə [key], c.1170–c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval Germany. He wandered from court ...

(Encyclopedia) Wrangell, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von: see Wrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von. ...

(Encyclopedia) York von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf: see Yorck von Wartenburg, Ludwig, Graf. ...

(Encyclopedia) Vrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von: see Wrangel, Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von. ...

(Encyclopedia) Waldstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von: see Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von. ...

(Encyclopedia) Erlach, Johann Bernhard Fischer von: see Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard. ...

(Encyclopedia) Vincent de Paul, Saint, 1580?–1660, French priest renowned for charitable work, b. Gascony. He was ordained in 1600. There are conflicting stories about his capture by pirates and enslavement in Tun...

(Encyclopedia) Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich rĭkhˈtər [key], pseud. Jean Paul, 1763–1825, German novelist. He studied theology at the Univ. of Leipzig and later taught in that city. His novels combine the ide...

(Encyclopedia) Bülow, Friedrich Wilhelm, Freiherr von fən büˈlō [key], 1755–1816, Prussian general in the Napoleonic Wars. After his victories (1813) over the French at Gross Beeren and at Dennewitz he was c...

(Encyclopedia) Luckner, Felix, Graf von fāˈlĭks gräf fən lo͝okˈnər [key], 1886–1966, German naval officer. In World War I he commanded (1916–17) the commerce raider Seeadler. Luckner slipped through the ...