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    Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King (German: Soldatenkönig), was King in Prussia...
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  • and since 1956 of WDR 1961–1976: Klaus von Bismarck 1976–1985: Friedrich-Wilhelm von Sell 1985–1995: Friedrich Nowottny 1995–2007: Fritz Pleitgen 2007–2013:...
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    Gottlieb Fichte, Johann Gottfried Herder, Alexander von Humboldt, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and August and Friedrich Schlegel have come to be collectively termed...
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    December 1979 Friedrich-Wilhelm von Sell WDR 1 January 1980 31 December 1983 Reinhold Vöth BR 1 January 1984 31 December 1985 Friedrich Wilhelm Räuker NDR...
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    in 1587, his sons, Friedrich and Wilhelm, became the dukes of Courland. They divided the Duchy into two parts in 1596. Friedrich controlled the eastern...
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    SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm ("His Majesty's Ship Prince-elector Friedrich Wilhelm") was one of the first ocean-going battleships of the German Kaiserliche...
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    Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von der Osten (Chamberlain) (1721–1786), German chamberlain, genealogist and collector Friedrich Wilhelm von der Osten (politician)...
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    Otto von Bismarck. Caprivi's brother was lieutenant general Raimund von Caprivi and his nephew, Leo von Caprivi was an aide-de-camp to Emperor Wilhelm II...
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    Wilhelm I Count of Montfort (died 11 October 1301) was prince-abbot of Saint Gall from 1281 until 1301. By the end of the abbacy of Berchtold von Falkenstein...
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    Wilhelm Maybach (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪbax] ; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s...
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