Franz von Sickingen, German knight (born 1481)

Franz von Sickingen

Knight of the Holy Roman Empire (1481–1523)

Franz von Sickingen was a knight of the Holy Roman Empire who, with Ulrich von Hutten, led the so-called "Knights' War". He is posthumously known as the "Last Knight", an epithet shared with his contemporaries Chevalier de Bayard and Emperor Maximilian.