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Also Known As Charlotte Aldegonde Élise Marie Wilhelmine
Born January 23, 1896 • Luxembourg
Died July 9, 1985 (aged 89) • Luxembourg

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Juan Carlos
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president of South Korea
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Manuel Azaña
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P. W. Botha
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Durham, detail of an oil painting by T. Phillips (1819 replica); in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham
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