Von Moltke and Bismarck were both members of this class.
This appellation, combined with the names Jorg and Heinz, was used to mock Martin Luther in disguise, and in return, Henry VIII. This term described many people who formed the Uradel and which had participated in the Ostsiedlung. Most of these people were dispossessed after the Bodenreform of 1945 redistributed their lands to VEG estates, and it originally described members of the group called the Edelfrei who could afford thrice their weregild. They formed the backbone of the Agrarian League which combated the policies of von Caprivi and they monopolized food production in the East Elbe region. Von Moltke and Bismarck were both members of this class. For 10 points, name this class which backed the Hohenzollerns, the traditional landed military aristocracy of Prussia.
This appellation, combined with the names Jorg and Heinz, was used to mock Martin Luther in disguise, and in return, Henry VIII.
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