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    Rudolf II (18 July 1552 – 20 January 1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576–1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572–1608), King of Bohemia (1575–1608/1611)...
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    Emperor Leopold II and Maria Louisa of Spain. In 1803 or 1804, Rudolph began taking lessons in piano and composition from Ludwig van Beethoven. The two...
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    of Baden-Baden, and the other by the Protestant Margraves of Baden-Durlach. In 1771, the main Baden-Baden line became extinct, and all of the Baden lands...
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    World War II, Oetker was a member of the Nazi Party. Oetker was born 20 September 1916 in Bielefeld, German Empire, the second child of Rudolf Oetker (1889–1916)...
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    the title Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Hoess. Höss was born in Baden-Baden into a strict Catholic family. He lived with his parents...
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    Baden (Central Bavarian: Bodn), unofficially distinguished from other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves...
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    (koning Willem II) koning Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, koning der Nederlanden, groothertog van Luxemburg, hertog van Limburg, prins van Oranje-Nassau"...
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    Jakob II von Baden (6 June 1471 – 27 April 1511) was a German nobleman who served as Archbishop and Elector of Trier from 1503 until his death in 1511...
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    Margrave of Baden-Baden (1250–1288), Herman VII, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1288–1291), Rudolf II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1288–1295), Rudolf III, Margrave...
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    fourth son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and of Maria of Spain. His brothers were Rudolf (who became Emperor Rudolf II), Ernest, Maximilian (from...
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  • Baden was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and later one of the German states along the frontier with France primarily consisting of territory along the...
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    November 1960 he visited Boulez in Baden-Baden. Those days were spent on analyzing Improvisations sur Mallarmé I & II of Boulez. At last Escher concluded...
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    The abdication of Wilhelm II as German Emperor and King of Prussia was declared unilaterally by Chancellor Max von Baden at the height of the German revolution...
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    V van Virneburg (1364–1371) Arnold II of Horne (1371–1379) Floris van Wevelinkhoven (1379–1393) Frederik III van Blankenheim (1393–1423) Rudolf van Diepholt...
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    service. He joined the Imperial General, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, in the Siege of Landau. Prior to his ascension, Joseph had surrounded...
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    Ferdinand I of Austria (category Children of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor)
    Electorate of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Golden Lion, 26 December 1830  Baden: Grand Cross of the House Order of Fidelity, 1830 Grand Cross of the Zähringer...
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    II, and Rajsko. Living conditions in some of the camps were so poor that they were regarded as punishment subcamps. Rudolf Höss, born in Baden-Baden in...
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    1455 (1455): Rudolf van Diepholt 1425 (1425) – 1433 (1433): Zweder van Culemborg, rival bishop 1434 (1434) – 1448 (1448): Walraven van Meurs [nl], rival...
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    Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863) Frederick I of...
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    Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, with whom he had four children: Sophie, Gisela, Rudolf, and Marie Valerie. Largely considered to be a reactionary, Franz Joseph...
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  • (1330–1358) Otto I the Merry, Duke (1330–1339) Frederick II, Duke (1339–1344) Leopold II, Duke (1339–1344) Rudolf IV the Founder, Duke (1358–1365) Leopold III the...
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    Joseph II (13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until...
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    most important aristocratic patron was Archduke Rudolf of Austria, the youngest son of Emperor Leopold II, who in 1803 or 1804 began to study piano and...
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    Felix Wankel (category People from the Grand Duchy of Baden)
    Duchy of Baden in the Upper Rhine Plain of present-day southwestern Germany. He was the only son of Gerty Wankel (née Heidlauff) and Rudolf Wankel, a...
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    handled well. Francis died in 1765 and was succeeded by their son, Joseph II, who co-ruled Austria alongside Maria Theresa. Francis was born in Lunéville...
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    Margrave Philip I of Baden (6 November 1479 – 17 September 1533) took over the administration of his father's possessions Baden (Baden-Baden), Durlach, Pforzheim...
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    Interpretations: The Corfu Papers (Cambridge UP, 1982). Van der Kiste, John. Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor, Sutton Publishing, 1999. ISBN 978-0-7509-1941-8...
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    Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg (category Margravines of Baden-Baden)
    1733) was Margravine of Baden-Baden. Born a Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg, she was the wife of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, a famous Imperial general...
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  • Archduke (1519–1521) Ferdinand I, Archduke (1521–1564) Maximilian II, Archduke (1564–1576) Rudolf V, Archduke (1576–1608) Prince-Bishopric of Brixen (complete...
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    ″Gesetz über die Kunsthochschulen im Lande Baden-Württemberg (Kunsthochschulgesetz)″ passed by the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg came into force. For the first...
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