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    Waldegg Castle, or Schloss Waldegg, is a castle near Solothurn, in the municipality of Feldbrunnen-St. Niklaus of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland...
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    Pierre Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brunstatt. The premises are at 142 Rue de Grenelle in the district of Faubourg Saint-Germain in the 7th arrondissement...
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    Benjamin Franklin, signed the Treaty of Paris at the Hôtel d'York (now 56 Rue Jacob) in Paris, granting the United States independence. On 4 September...
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    Wittelsbach and a Major General in the Bavarian Army. Franz was born at Schloss Leutstetten, Starnberg, Bavaria. He was the third son of King Ludwig III...
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    in 1905 at his summer home, Schloss Hohenburg in Lenggries, and in 1953 was buried in the crypt of the church of Schloss Weilburg. On 31 January 1844...
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    German Dante's Divine Comedy; some parts of this work were placed in the Schloss Weesenstein. The Dresden district of Johannstadt was named after him. In...
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    ordered the construction of Schloss Cecilienhof in Potsdam for Prince Wilhelm and his family which angered him. The Schloss was loosely inspired by Bidston...
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  • Anhalt. The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as Schloss Askanien in German, which was located near and named after Aschersleben...
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  • Unreleased Unreleased June 26, 2009 Die drei Fragezeichen: Das verfluchte Schloss Exozet Games USM 2009-04-30EU Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased April 30...
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    Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. One of the paintings in the museum, Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain by Camille Pissarro, belonged...
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    father of William II of Württemberg. Frederick was born 21 February 1808 at Schloss Comburg (now part of Schwäbisch Hall), Kingdom of Württemberg, the second...
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    was the penultimate Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He was born in Schloss Ludwigslust as the son of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin...
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    The ensuing scandal made international headlines. Rudolf was born at Schloss Laxenburg, a castle near Vienna, as the son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and...
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  • William Blyth 1887–1918 English ballroom dancer William Castle William Schloss 1914–1977 American director, producer, screenwriter and actor Shorty Castro...
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    1968: Schloß Neuschwanstein 6,180,047 marks; Schloß Linderhof 8,460,937 marks (a large portion being expended on the Venus Grotto); and Schloß Herrenchiemsee...
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    Kreusser, an Anglo-Bavarian. In his youth, he spent much of his time at Schloss Leutstetten, Starnberg, and at the family's villa near Lindau, Lake Constance...
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    "Konopischt ... das einst dem Erzherzoge Franz Ferdinand gehört hatte. Das Schloß ist voller Jagdtrophäen" - "Konopiště ... which once belonged to Archduke...
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    Joseph Peter Ferdinand Benedikt Fürst von Hohenzollern) (7 March 1864 in Schloss Benrath, near Düsseldorf – 22 October 1927 in Sigmaringen) was the eldest...
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    Maria Triebel, who had been his companion for many years, at his home, Schloss Fröhliche Wiederkunft ("Palace of Happy Returning") at Wolfersdorf. This...
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    House of Thurn und Taxis from 1982 until his death. Johannes was born at Schloss Höfling in Regensburg, Germany, to Karl August, 10th Prince of Thurn and...
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    ballerina as adjutant to keep him out of trouble. Ludwig Viktor retired to Schloss Klessheim near Salzburg where he became known as a philanthropist and patron...
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    mother commented on his wife, "She welters in happiness at her luxurious "Schloss" wearing a new Paris dress daily, Diamonds, also, when we are quite entre...
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    December, the anniversary of her own father's death. On 19 April 1894, at Schloss Ehrenburg, Ernest Louis married his maternal first cousin, Princess Victoria...
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    Austria. Marie Luise Franziska Amalie (b. Coburg, 23 October 1848 - d. Schloß Biederstein, 6 May 1894), married on 20 September 1875 to Maximilian Emanuel...
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    midst of his parents' twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebrations at the Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha. He survived, and his embarrassed mother sent him...
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    Kings of Sweden of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. On 20 September 1885 in Schloss Hohenburg, he married Princess Hilda of Nassau, the only daughter of the...
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    daughter: Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Potsdam, 12 May 1879 - d. Schloß Neuhoff, 26 August 1945), married on 24 September 1898 to Heinrich XXX of...
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    Auckland  New Zealand 80 Wanganui Motors Transformers 18 September 2005 Schloss Solitude Stuttgart  Germany 27 August 2006 Jan Smuts Avenue Johannesburg...
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    Georg sold Schloss Weesenstein and moved his permanent residence to Freiburg im Breisgau.  Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Order of the Rue Crown, 1881...
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    Elisabeth Carola Victoria Maria Anna Agnes Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (Schloß Albrechtsberg, 17 April 1886 – Münster, 13 January 1955); married on 20...
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