!!!Ungnad, Hans

Ungnad, Baron Hans of Sonneck, b. 1493, d. Wietritz, 
Dec. 27, 1564, statesman. From 1530 Landeshauptmann (provincial 
governor) of Styria; 1532 won against the Turks at Kreuzer Feld and 
became commander in chief of the Habsburg troops at the military 
border. Became a Protestant and left Austria in 1556 to serve the 
duchy of Wuerttemberg; established a printing house there and was to a 
large extent responsible for the first printed edition of the bible in 
a South Slavic language.


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