!!!Baumkircher, Andreas, Freiherr von Schlaining

b. probably Vipava, Slovenia (then Wippach), around 1420, 
d. Graz (Styria), April 23, 1471 (decapitated), mercenary leader. 1452 
defended Wiener Neustadt against refractory nobles; 1468, however, was 
instrumental in an uprising of Styrian nobles against Emperor  
Friedrich III, supported by the Hungarian King  Matthias 
Corvinus.

!Literature
E. Simon, Grundlagen, Moeglichkeiten, Grenzen soz. 
Aufstiegs im Spaet-MA am Beispiel A. B., master´s thesis, 
Vienna 2000.



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