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Also Known As Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich • Adolf, Duke von Nassau
Born July 24, 1817 • Germany
Died November 17, 1905 (aged 88) • Germany

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Juncker, Jean-Claude
Jean-Claude Juncker
prime minister of Luxembourg
Jacques Santer
Jacques Santer
prime minister of Luxembourg
Charlotte, grand duchess of Luxembourg
Charlotte
grand duchess of Luxembourg
William IV, from a Luxembourgian postage stamp, c. 1900s.
William IV
grand duke of Luxembourg
Marc Girardelli
Luxembourgian skier
Hans Christoph, baron von Gagern
German politician and writer
William III, detail from an oil painting by Nikolaas Pieneman, 1849; in the collection of the Royal Military Academy, Breda, Neth.
William III
king of The Netherlands
“Father of Science Fiction”
Hugo Gernsback
American inventor and publisher