Andre Lignitzer

Germany

Also known as

Andres Liegniczer

Description

German fencing master of the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, perhaps from Legnica, known for his sword-and-buckler teachings; he and his brother Jacob are on Paulus Kal's list of the Society of Liechtenauer. He seems to have died before 1452.

Member of (1)

  • corporate_fareSociety of Liechtenauer Probable
    Probable
    Kal's list only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Kal's list only.
    “Paulus Kal, the presumptive author of the list, includes the following as members of the fellowship: [...] andre liegniczer”
    — Fellowship of Liechtenauer - Wiktenauer. Wiktenauer link history info

Sources

“He had a brother named Jacob Lignitzer who was also a fencing master, but there is no record of any treatise Jacob may have authored.”
— Andre Lignitzer - Wiktenauer. Wiktenauer link history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Andre Lignitzer. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX02CKE3F0VCZPN2J855 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JRHX02CKE3F0VCZPN2J855, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Andre Lignitzer}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JRHX02CKE3F0VCZPN2J855}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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