The Encyclopædia Britannica: Lord Chamberlain-MecklenbergHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1911 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... army when he died at Bath on the 12th of April 1775. His grandson William , the 6th marquess ( 1763 - ❘ 1824 ) , married Henrietta ( 1762-1805 ) , daughter and heiress of John Hobart , 2nd earl of Buckinghamshire , thus bringing ...
... army when he died at Bath on the 12th of April 1775. His grandson William , the 6th marquess ( 1763 - ❘ 1824 ) , married Henrietta ( 1762-1805 ) , daughter and heiress of John Hobart , 2nd earl of Buckinghamshire , thus bringing ...
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... army as a cadet . He took part in Field Marshal Münnich's siege of Danzig in 1734 , in the march of a Russian corps to the Rhine in 1735 and in the Turkish war 1738-1739 . Dissatisfied with his prospects he resigned in 1741 and sought ...
... army as a cadet . He took part in Field Marshal Münnich's siege of Danzig in 1734 , in the march of a Russian corps to the Rhine in 1735 and in the Turkish war 1738-1739 . Dissatisfied with his prospects he resigned in 1741 and sought ...
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... army under patent was stopped in Chancery . In 1637 he was one of the Fouqué at Landshut and stormed the important fortress of supplicants against the introduction of the English liturgy ; Glatz . In 1760 he sustained a reverse at ...
... army under patent was stopped in Chancery . In 1637 he was one of the Fouqué at Landshut and stormed the important fortress of supplicants against the introduction of the English liturgy ; Glatz . In 1760 he sustained a reverse at ...
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... army in February 864 ; but , having been seized with fever , he made peace with the pope and left the city . In his efforts to restore order in Italy , Louis met with considerable success both against the turbulent princes of the ...
... army in February 864 ; but , having been seized with fever , he made peace with the pope and left the city . In his efforts to restore order in Italy , Louis met with considerable success both against the turbulent princes of the ...
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... army on his side , while the court supported Bertrada . Unable to make headway against him in war she attempted to poison him , and contem- porary chroniclers attributed to this poison the pallor of his face , which seems to have been ...
... army on his side , while the court supported Bertrada . Unable to make headway against him in war she attempted to poison him , and contem- porary chroniclers attributed to this poison the pallor of his face , which seems to have been ...
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