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Also Known As Duke of Cumberland • Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg
Born September 21, 1845 • Hannover • Germany
Died November 14, 1923 (aged 78) • Gmunden • Austria • (Anniversary tomorrow)
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Rudolf von Bennigsen
German politician
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Henry Raspe
antiking of Germany
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Conradin
duke of Swabia
Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus
king of Hanover
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Rudolf
antiking of Germany
Günther von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, detail from his tomb sculpture, c. 1349; in the cathedral at Frankfurt am Main
Günther
king of Germany
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William
king of Germany
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Charles I
duke of Lower Lorraine
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Ernest Augustus
elector of Hanover
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John Frederick
duke of Saxony
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George V
king of Hanover
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Ferdinand IV
king of Bohemia
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Conrad
king of the Germans
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First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Si Votha
Cambodian prince
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Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
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Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots
queen of Scotland
Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
Christina
queen of Sweden