Landsknecht

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Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours

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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

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Also Known As	Landsknechts • Landsknechte

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Key People

Frundsberg, Georg von

Georg von Frundsberg

German military officer