Sickingen, Franz von, a German free-lance, a man of a knightly spirit and great prowess; had often a large following, Götz von Berlichingen of the number, and joined the cause of the Reformation; lost his life by a musket-shot when besieged in the castle of Landstuhl; he was a warm friend of Ulrich von Hutten (1481‒1523).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sicily * Sicyon