friel

Updated: July 2, 2026

His father, Friel Gensfleisch, married Else von Gutenberg, who gave her name to her second son John. It is probable that if Mainz, his country, had not been a free city, this young gentleman would have been unable to conceive or to carry into execution his invention.

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