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Awans (Municipality, Province of Liège, Belgium) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge ... |
 | | Awans is mostly famous for the vendetta which decimated the nobility of Hesbaye from 1297 to 1335. |
 | | The 270 Awans knights, led by Guillaume de Waremme, defeated the 350 Waroux knights, led by Henry II de Hermalle. |
 | | At the end of the war, the son of the leader of the Awans party, Thiry de Haneffe, married the daughter of the leader of the Waroux party, Wathy de Warfusée, and a church dedicated to the twelve apostles was built to honour the victims of the war. |
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