2548 - Freiberg, Saxony, Germany

Michelle sends a beautiful card of a lake and mountains, but it doesn't indicate where it is. I can only speculate those are the Ore Mountains in the background.

I've written about Frieberg before so I had a look at the notable people that lived there and the name Kunz von Kaufungen stuck out for me. He was a German knight and military commander that lived from 1410 -1455. He fought for Frederick II, Elector of Saxon against Frederick's brother Duke William III during the Saxon Fratricidal War

He is known for kidnapping Frederick's two sons, Ernest and Albert, from the castle in Altenburg and called Prinzenraub (the stealing of the princes). It was revenge for Frederick not repaying von Kaufungen for the damages or the ransom that wasn't paid to him from losses during the Saxon Fratricidal War. Frederick argued he was a hired soldier and he wasn't bound to make good on von Kaufungen's losses.

Prince Albert was rescued the same night of the kidnapping, and Prince Ernest was rescued four days later after von Kaufungen's co-conspirators released him after securing pardons for their part in the kidnapping.

von Kaufungen was beheaded in the marketplace of Freiberg on 14 July 1455.

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