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    Berg Palace (German: Schloss Berg) is a manor house situated on the east bank of Lake Starnberg in the village of Berg in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The...
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    crown prince also returned from Rome. Since 1949 Albrecht lived at Berg Palace (Bavaria), 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Munich on Lake Starnberg, in...
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    architectural and artistic legacy includes many of Bavaria's most important tourist attractions. Born at Nymphenburg Palace, which is located in what is today part...
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    an elector until Bavaria seceded from the Holy Roman Empire on 1 August 1806, joining the Confederation of the Rhine. The Duchy of Berg was ceded to Napoleon...
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    February 1799, he became Elector of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, Arch-Steward of the Empire, and Duke of Berg upon the extinction of the Palatinate-Sulzbach...
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    Rhine in 1742, being eighteen. In his fifties, he became Prince-Elector of Bavaria at the death of another cousin, Maximilian III Joseph, in 1777. Charles...
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    Nymphenburg Palace in Munich and Berg Palace. Franz was born on 14 July 1933 in Munich, as the third child and elder son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, and his...
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    Neuschwanstein Castle (category 1886 establishments in Bavaria)
    Munich Residenz—being one of the most extensive palace complexes in the world, King Ludwig II of Bavaria felt the need to escape from the constraints he...
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    Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of 70,550.19 km2 (27,239.58 sq mi), it is the largest...
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    Berg was a state—originally a county, later a duchy—in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed as a distinct political entity...
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    ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. The Elector modernized the army and introduced Bavaria's first government...
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    'Beethoven, anguish and triumph', Boston, 2014, p. 6 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clemens August of Bavaria. A tour of Augustusburg Palace on YouTube...
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    Electoral Palatinate, to which the duchies of Jülich and Berg had been added, was thus reunited with Bavaria. In 1793, the French Revolutionary Army overran the...
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    Jülich and Berg in 1614) Wolfgang Wilhelm, 1614–53 (also Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1614) Philip William, 1653–90 (also Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653...
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    Maximilian II (28 November 1811 – 10 March 1864) reigned as King of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864. Unlike his father, King Ludwig I, "King Max" was very...
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    history of Bavaria. Bavaria was ruled by several dukes and kings, partitioned and reunited, under several dynasties. Since 1918, Bavaria has been under...
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    1690) was Count Palatine of Neuburg from 1653 to 1690, Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1653 to 1679 and Elector of the Palatinate from 1685 to 1690. He was...
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    Cleves, William V of Jülich-Berg) (German: Wilhelm der Reiche; 28 July 1516 – 5 January 1592) was a Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1539–1592). William was born...
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    February 1799 became Elector of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Arch-Steward of the Empire, and Duke of Berg on the extinction of the Sulzbach...
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    Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria intended to marry. The Empress therefore arranged an encounter of Leopold and Gisela at Gödöllő Palace, and the prince knew...
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    sister. Princess Hilda (15 February 1897 in Berg Castle – 8 September 1979 in Berg Castle), married in Berg Castle on 29 October 1930 Adolf 10th Prince...
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  • Electoral Palace. Its Bavarian main church was St. Michael in Berg am Laim, Munich. In 1808, the order was recognized by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria as an...
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  • The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman...
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  • Thumbnail for List of castles in Bavaria
    Numerous castles are found in the German state of Bavaria. These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1,000 years, were the setting for historical...
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    ("Saint Anne's High School for Girls") at Sulzbach-Rosenberg in Bavaria where she remained until gaining her Abitur. In November 1948, the family...
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    of numerous palaces. Riedel died in Starnberg. 1848–64: Concepts for the grave of Maximilian II of Bavaria 1849–51: Reconstruction of Berg Castle on Lake...
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    Starnberg (redirect from Starnberg, Bavaria)
    Starnberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany, some 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Munich. It is at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the...
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    Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (category Electresses of Bavaria)
    Josepha of Austria who became Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria. Maria Anna's parents had sixteen children;...
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    world. Two large baroque palaces in Nymphenburg and Oberschleissheim are reminders of Bavaria's royal past. Nymphenburg Palace, some 6 km north west of...
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    Munich (redirect from Munich, Bavaria)
    [ˈmʏnçn̩] ) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. With a population of 1,589,706 inhabitants as of 29 February...
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