Arnold von Uissigheim

Arnold III von Uissigheim, also blessed Arnold und "König Armleder", (executed 14 November 1336) was a medieval German highwayman, bandit, and renegade knight of the Uissigheim family, of the village Uissigheim of the same name. He was the leader of the "Armleder" massacres against Jewish communities throughout the Alsace in 1336.

Memorial to Knight Arnold III in der parish church of St. Laurentius in Uissigheim

Arnold became a wanted man in 1332 on the charge of highway robbery in the Wertheim territorium.[1] He then commenced a wave of populist banditry and massacres against the Jewish population of the Alsace.[2] Arnold and 47 of his band were taken captive in 1336, and Arnold tried and sentenced to death by the Zentgericht (regional court).[3]

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  1. Klaus Schreiner, Elisabeth Müller-Luckner Laienfrömmigkeit im späten Mittelalter: Formen, Funktionen, p180 - 1992 "Singulär ist das Grabdenkmal des Ritters Arnold von Uissigheim, der - nachdem er 1332 wegen Straßenraubes des Wertheimer Territoriums verwiesen worden war- sich als König Armleder an die Spitze einer von bäuerlichen und städtischen ..."
  2. Helmut Walser Smith The continuities of German history: nation, religion, and race ... -p 81 - 2008 ... to the Knight Arnold III of Uissigheim, better known as the infamous King Armleder, who in 1336 initiated the massacres associated with his name. For hundreds of years, Christians revered him in the village church of Uissigheim,
  3. Herzogs-und Bürgerstadt: die Jahre 1157-1505 Richard Bauer, Helmuth Stahleder - 1995 "Die Bewegung endete mit der Gefangennahme von Arnold und 47 seiner Gesellen und der Hinrichtung des Arnold von Uissigheim, der sich selbst »König Armleder« nannte. Diese Hinrichtung erfolgte am 14. November 1336 durch das Zentgericht "
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