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886:(in French). p. 52
842:Oxford University Press
795:Schelbert, Leo (2007).
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371:was purchased by the
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191:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1370:Pourtalès Collection
486:(1805–1844) in 1830.
469:John Izard Middleton
373:Marquess of Hertford
295:Vincenzo Giustiniani
156:Frederick William II
91:Second French Empire
1064:www.swisscastles.ch
682:John Singer Sargent
650:Mélanie de Bussière
549:Arthur de Pourtalès
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538:Duchess of Maillé
369:Laughing Cavalier
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311:Félix Duban
289:Pourtalès'
231:Chamberlain
213:Pourtalès'
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950:SUNY Press
702:References
519:, wife of
424:, and the
341:Frans Hals
313:build the
279:Frans Hals
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160:Castellane
142:Early life
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449:Palézieux
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223:seigneury
187:Colombier
148:Neuchâtel
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690:See also
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124:Children
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