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Hermine Reuss of Greiz is, perhaps better known as the second wife of the Kaiser (Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany) whom she married shortly after the death of his first wife Auguste Viktoria, and while he, was in exile in the Netherlands. She was by then a widow herself with young children. She was, known to be ambitious about wanting to return to power, and her husband insisted on her being, called 'Empress'. To achieve her goal, she turned to the...
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Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743-1787) was born the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, and Anne, Princess Royal and was thus the granddaughter of King George II. It was upon the King's orders that she was, named after his wife, Caroline of Ansbach. She was the first of Anne and William's children to survive to adulthood. When her father was, at last made stadtholder of all seven united provinces, Carolina was included in the line of succession,...
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