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Also Known As Charlotte Aldegonde Élise Marie Wilhelmine
Born January 23, 1896 • Luxembourg
Died July 9, 1985 (aged 89) • Luxembourg

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Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg
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Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
king of Spain
Juncker, Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude Juncker
prime minister of Luxembourg
Jacques Santer
Jacques Santer
prime minister of Luxembourg
Adolf
Adolf
grand duke of Luxembourg
William IV, from a Luxembourgian postage stamp, c. 1900s.
William IV
grand duke of Luxembourg
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Gilbert Stuart: portrait of John Adams
John Adams
president of United States
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
emperor of France
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
president of Yugoslavia
William Blackstone
Sir William Blackstone
English jurist
Karl August, Fürst von Hardenberg
Karl August von Hardenberg
Prussian statesman
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Léon Gambetta
Léon Gambetta
French statesman
Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
prime minister of Canada
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, engraving by J.-A. Allais, 19th century.
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
French politician
Roh Tae-Woo
Roh Tae-Woo
president of South Korea
Azaña, Manuel
Manuel Azaña
president of Spain
P. W. Botha
state president of South Africa
Juan Bosch
president of Dominican Republic
Durham, detail of an oil painting by T. Phillips (1819 replica); in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham
British statesman