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TIL of Enno I, Count of East Frisia (1460-1491). His sister eloped with a nobleman and ran off with the family jewels. Believing she had been kidnapped, he followed the pair to the nobleman's castle and tried to cross the frozen moat. His armor was too heavy; he fell through the ice and drowned.

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