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Also Known As Maria Luise Augusta Katharina
Born September 30, 1811 • Weimar • Germany
Died January 7, 1890 (aged 78) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Family Members spouse William I • son Frederick III
Alvensleben-Erxleben, Gustav, graf von
Gustav, count von Alvensleben-Erxleben
Prussian general
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Bernard II
German duke
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
August Boeckh
German scholar
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
Robert Wiene
German film director