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798:Sulzbach
468:Ancestry
458:Voltaire
1054:Sources
451:florins
168:
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559:Hornes
378:Regent
244:Mother
234:Father
208:German
158:
138:Spouse
68:Tenure
55:, 1735
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160:1727
118:Died
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