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  Stuhlweissenburg (Székes-Fehérvàr)
The chapter members were recruited from the chief families, and were once about forty, but in 1543, during the invasions of the Turks, the chapter became extinct, though the provosts and canons were yet nominated.
From 1380 to 1527 Stuhlweissenburg was both coronation and burial place for the Hungarian kings.
Among his successors are Joseph Kopácsy (1821-1825), afterwards Archbishop of Gran; Vincent Jekelfalussy (1866-1874), the first Hungarian bishop to promulgate the dogma of the infallibility without previously asking the royal consent (placet regium), and for which he was rebuked.
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 History of the Jews in Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the same day the diet at Stuhlweissenburg (Székesfehérvár) was opened, at which John Zapolya (1526-1540) was elected and crowned king in opposition to Ferdinand.
The Ofen community suffered much during this siege, as did also that of Stuhlweissenburg when the imperial troops took that city in September 1601; many of its members were either slain or taken prisoner and sold into slavery, their redemption being subsequently effected by the German, Italian, and Turkish Jews.
On March 19 the populace of Presburg, encouraged by the antipathies of the citizens—who were aroused by the fact that the Jews, leaving their ghetto around the castle of Presburg, were settling in the city itself—began hostilities that were continued after some days, and were renewed more fiercely in April.
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 Stuhlweissenburg
Stuhlweissenburg is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
Stuhlweissenburg: Encyclopedia II - Alexander Kohut - Talmud Dictionary
About 1873 Kohut began to compile his Dictionary of the Talmud, entirely in German, encouraged by the promise of a Christian nobleman to bear all costs of publication.
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 Matthew Patay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
During his lifetime a quarrel arose among his various nephews concerning the right of succession, and some of them even took part in a conspiracy against his life.
He was buried beside his son at Stuhlweissenburg, and both were canonized together in 1083.
His feast is on 2 September, but in Hungary his chief festival is observed on 20 August, the day on which his relics were transferred to Buda.
aes.iupui.edu /rwise/NoteofMonth/matthew_patayNovember2003Hungary.htm   (518 words)

  
 New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi; Saint Julius Caesar Rossi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He entered the Capuchin Order, 1575, and after brilliant studies in which he was noted for his linguistic gifts, mastering Italian, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, Bohemian, French, and Spanish, he eventually became head of the Order.
He was most successful as a missionary, particularly among the Jews, and by his address to the Christian soldiers, whom he led, crucifix in hand, he contributed to the great defeat of the Turks at Stuhlweissenburg.
He was sent by the pope, 1605, to evangelize Germany, and induced Philip III to join the Catholic League.
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 SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., ... - Online Information article about SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., ...
SZEKESFEHERVAR (Ger., Stuhlweissenburg, Lat., Alba Regalis or Alba Regia)
Szekesfehervar is the seat of a See also:
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Stuhlweissenburg
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Provost of Stuhlweissenburg, according to the laws of the thirteenth century, was royal chancellor.
From 1380 to 1527 Stuhlweissenburg was both coronation and
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 ALBERT II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was engaged in warfare with the Bohemians and their Polish allies, when on the 18th of March 1438 he was chosen German king at Frankfort, an honour which he does not appear to have sought.
Afterwards engaged in defending Hungary against the attacks of the Turks, he died on the 27th of October 1439 at Langendorf, and was buried at Stuhlweissenburg.
Albert was an energetic and warlike prince, whose short reign gave great promise of usefulness lor Germany.
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 St. Stephen
At Stuhlweissenburg he built a stately church in honor of the Mother of God, in which the kings of Hungary were afterwards crowned and buried.
His tomb at Stuhlweissenburg became the scene of miracles, and forty-five years after his death Pope Gregory VII, at the request of Ladislas, ordered his relics enshrined and placed in the rich chapel which bears his name in the church of Our Lady at Buda.
In 1696 Pope Innocent XI appointed his festival for September 2, the day on which Emperor Leopold won Buda back from the Turks.
www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/STEPHEN.htm   (1880 words)

  
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He graduated in 1943 and began training in Sennelag on Panthers and later on the TigerII (better known as the "Koenigstiger") Horst's first action was in Ploesty against Russian T-34's then in the Battle of the Bulge (Wacht am Rhein).
He regrouped in Sennelager and was sent to Hungary and fought in Stuhlweissenburg and later the battle of Budapest.
He retreated to Vienna (Wien) where he fought his last battle against General Patton's 3rd Army in Chechoslovakia.
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 Stuhlweissenburg - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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 SZEKESFEHERVAR - LoveToKnow Article on SZEKESFEHERVAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(Ger., Stuhlweissenburg, Lat., Alba Regalis or Alba Regia), a town of Hungary, capital of the county of Fejer, 41 m.
It is situated in a marshy plain and is a well-built and prosperous town.
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www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SZ/SZEKESFEHERVAR.htm   (245 words)

  
 Navy SEALs.com - Articles: Viewing Article
Not even twenty years of age, my old man fought in over 75 direct-fire engagements of WWII on all fronts and without lengthy recovery periods.
During the final days of WWII, my old man’s Panzer unit, together with hodge-podge remnants of several infantry outfits had temporarily halted a Russian mass-attack near Stuhlweissenburg, Hungary.
Several Panther tanks remained in position to allow the German infantry Landsers to withdraw to a fallback position.
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