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Also Known As Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg • Duke of Cumberland
Born September 21, 1845 • Hannover • Germany
Died November 14, 1923 (aged 78) • Gmunden • Austria
Rudolf von Bennigsen
German politician
Henry Raspe
antiking of Germany
Conradin
duke of Swabia
Ernest Augustus
Ernest Augustus
king of Hanover
Rudolf
antiking of Germany
Günther von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, detail from his tomb sculpture, c. 1349; in the cathedral at Frankfurt am Main
Günther
king of Germany
William
king of Germany
Charles I
duke of Lower Lorraine
Ernest Augustus
elector of Hanover
George V
king of Hanover
John Frederick
duke of Saxony
Ferdinand IV
king of Bohemia
Conrad
king of the Germans
First False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Second False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Third False Dmitry
Russian pretender
Si Votha
Cambodian prince
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
Christina
queen of Sweden