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Also Known As Maria Luise Augusta Katharina
Born September 30, 1811 • Weimar • Germany
Died January 7, 1890 (aged 78) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Family Members spouse William I • son Frederick III
Alvensleben-Erxleben, Gustav, graf von
Gustav, count von Alvensleben-Erxleben
Prussian general
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
August Boeckh
German scholar
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Bernard II
German duke
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Hans Eysenck
German-born British psychologist
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist