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    Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United...
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    Orléanist pretender to the throne of France from 1894 to 1926 as Philippe VIII. Philippe was born at York House, Twickenham, near London, Middlesex, England...
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    Pragacz 2005. Alexandre Grothendieck, Esquisse d'un Programme, English translation Grothendieck 1986. Roy Lisker. "Visiting Alexandre Grothendieck"....
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    José Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmão GCMG (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ ɐlɨˈʃɐ̃dɾɨ ʃɐˈnɐnɐ ɣuʒˈmɐ̃w]; born 20 June 1946) is an East Timorese politician...
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    during the Reign of Terror. In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte's General Louis-Alexandre Berthier invaded the Italian Peninsula, imprisoning Pope Pius VI, who...
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    paternal grandmother, Margaret Tudor. Margaret was Henry VIII's older sister so Mary was Henry VIII's great-niece. On 14 December, six days after her birth...
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    Giovanni Infans Romanus, and Laura. Italian: Alessandro VI, Valencian: Alexandre VI, Spanish: Alejandro VI Valencian: Roderic Llançol i de Borja [roðeˈɾiɡ...
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    saucisses. Poulet rôti chaud". In his Grand dictionnaire de cuisine (1873) Alexandre Dumas wrote, "When you have veal, beef, chicken, game or scraps of meat...
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  • 1924 with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of York (later King Edward VIII and Queen Elizabeth) as his godparents represented there by proxies. The...
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    Friedrich Nietzsche, Alexandre Herzen (fils) und Charles Féré 1888" [Somehow, at least physiologically. Friedrich Nietzsche, Alexandre Herzen (fils) and...
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