• Margarete is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Ancient Greek margarites (μαργαρίτης), meaning "the pearl". Via the Latin margarita, it...
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    Margarete Himmler (née Boden; 9 September 1893 – 25 August 1967), also known as Marga Himmler, was the wife of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Margarete...
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    Margarete Steiff (24 July 1847 – 9 May 1909) was a German seamstress who in 1880 founded Margarete Steiff GmbH, more widely known as Steiff, a maker of...
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    Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis (German: Margarete Marie Therese Elisabeth Friederike Alexandra Louise Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis; 8 November...
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    Margarete Robsahm (born 9 October 1942) is a Norwegian model, actress and director. She is the mother of director Thomas Robsahm and sister of the actor...
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    Margarete of Saxony (4 August 1469 in Meissen – 7 December 1528 in Weimar) was a Saxon princess of the Ernestine line of the house Wettin by birth and...
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    Margarete Slezak (9 January 1901 – 30 August 1953) was an Austro-German singer and actress. She was the sister of the actor Walter Slezak. Derby (1949)...
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    Adventures in Wonderland. In 1816 Jacob Grimm collected the "Legends of Margarete" in his book German sagas and Lion Feuchtwanger used her story in his...
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    Countess Margit Szapáry (née Countess Margarete Henckel von Donnersmarck; 21 February 1871 – 17 May 1943) was a German salonnière, philanthropist, and...
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    Albert Speer (redirect from Margarete Weber)
    Wolters, who also studied under Tessenow. In mid-1922, Speer began courting Margarete (Margret) Weber (1905–1987), the daughter of a successful craftsman who...
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  • Oberaufseherin Margarete Gallinat (born 1894, date of death unknown) was the chief supervisor at Kamp Vught, Netherlands. She later became a supervisor...
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    Margarete Stokowski (born April 14, 1986 in Zabrze, Poland) is a Polish-German writer and essayist. She is best known for her weekly essays for the magazine...
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    Germany. Margarete's sister Princess Maria Alix of Saxony subsequently married his twin brother, Francis Joseph. Frederick and Margarete Karola had...
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  • Margarete "Grete" Fuchs-Keilson (21 December 1905 – 4 January 1999) was a German politician and official in the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and the...
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    Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (Margarete Sophie Marie Annunciata Theresia Caroline Luise Josephe Johanna; 13 May 1870 – 24 August 1902) was a...
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    Steiff (redirect from Margarete Steiff GmbH)
    world's first factory-made teddy bear. Steiff was founded in 1880 by Margarete Steiff, a seamstress. She began making fabric elephants that were sold...
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  • Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria (German: Amalie Isabella Marie Gisela Margarete Prinzessin von Bayern; 15 December 1921 – 28 March 1985) was a member...
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  • Margret Buscher (8 February 1938 – 18 April 1991) was a German sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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  • Margret Elizabeth Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein; May 16, 1906 – December 21, 1996) was a German-born American writer and illustrator, best known...
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    Margarete Heymann (August 10, 1899 – 11 November 1990), also known as Margarete Heymann-Löbenstein, Margarete Heymann-Marks, and Grete Marks, was a German...
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  • Margarete "Grete" Schütte-Lihotzky (née Lihotzky; 23 January 1897 – 18 January 2000) was an Austrian architect and a communist activist in the Austrian...
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    Margarete Buber-Neumann (née Thüring; 21 October 1901 – 6 November 1989) was a German writer. As a senior Communist Party of Germany member and Gulag...
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  • Margaretha von Waldeck (1533 – 15 March 1554) was the daughter of Philip IV, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (1493–1574) and his first wife, Margaret Cirksena...
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    Estrid Svendsdatter of Denmark (Estrith, Astrith: 990/997 – 1057/1073), was a Danish princess and titular queen, a Russian princess and, possibly, duchess...
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     327-359. Dirk Schleinert: Die 2. Hochzeit Herzog Georgs I. von Pommern mit Margarete von Brandenburg im Januar 1530 in Berlin. Kommentierte Edition einer zeitgenössischen...
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  • Margarete Freudenthal-Sallis (1894–1984) was a German sociologist. Margareta David was born to a Jewish family in 1894 (some sources say 1893) in Speyer...
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  • Margarete Caecilie Tietz (née: Dzialoszynski; born August 31, 1887, in Berlin; died February 26, 1972, in London) was a social activist, educator and...
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  • of Moravia (c.1346 – 14. January 1366), married John Henry of Moravia Margarete of Austria (1395–1447), wife of Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria Margaret of...
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    Margarete Emilie Charlotte Steffin (21 March 1908 – 4 June 1941) was a German actress and writer, one of Bertold Brecht's closest collaborators, as well...
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    Karin Waehner (birth name Ruth Karin Margarete Wähner, 1926–1999) was a German-born dancer and choreographer who is remembered for bringing modern dance...
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