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the landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg and the town of
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Prinz Friedrich von Homburg oder die Schlacht bei Fehrbellin
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Philipp (24 March, 1676 – 15 November, 1706), fell at the
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Frederick II was married three times: in 1661 to Countess
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Leopold (10 April, 1695 - 12 June, 1695) died in infancy
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