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Born	May 27, 1819 • Berlin • Germany
Died	June 12, 1878 (aged 59) • Paris • France
Title / Office	king (1851-1866), Hanover
Notable Family Members	father Ernest Augustus

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Rudolf von Bennigsen

German politician

Ernest Augustus

Ernest Augustus

king of Hanover

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Ernest Augustus

pretender to Hanoverian throne

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Ernest Augustus

elector of Hanover

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

George IV

George IV

king of United Kingdom

William IV, detail from a painting by Sir Martin Archer Shee; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William IV

king of Great Britain

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Agostino Steffani

Italian composer

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Fritz Fischer

German historian

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Hans Eysenck

German-born British psychologist

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Joseph Weizenbaum

American computer scientist

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Oskar Minkowski

German physiologist

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Konrad Zuse

German engineer

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Christoph von Dohnányi

German conductor

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Johann Georg Cotta

German publisher [1631–1692]

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Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf

German publisher

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Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf

German publisher [1796–1863]

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Henry Melchior Mühlenberg

American clergyman

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Rolf Hochhuth

German writer

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Johann Christoph Blumhardt

German theologian

Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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