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    commander-in-chief; Lewenhaupt commanded the infantry and Major-General Carl Gustaf Creutz the cavalry. The battle plan was constructed by Rehnskiöld in...
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  • of 1,000 dragoons sent out by Charles XII of Sweden from Grodno under Carl Gustaf Dücker sought to meet up with a larger Polish contingent under Józef...
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  • near the Jieznas castle. The Swedish infantry consisting of 110 men under Gustaf Henrik Siegroth traveled in carriages along the Nemunas River and the cavalry...
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    Belgium and Beatrix of the Netherlands, and very often commoners, as Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Harald V of Norway,...
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    closer to the churchdoor, hidden in a nearby portal was petty nobleman Michał Piekarski, armed with a war axe. When the monarch reached the final steps...
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    visited his diocese, it was governed in his name by the suffragan bishop Michał Działyński, archdeacon of Warsaw Jakub Wierzbipięta Borzuchowski and canon...
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    of their initials was created. Victoria is the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As the firstborn of the family, she was designated...
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    Beatrix of the Netherlands Andrew Bertie Fernando Henrique Cardoso Carl XVI Gustaf Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Emil Constantinescu Janez Drnovšek Elizabeth II...
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    abbot of Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. Following his abdication Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (Michael I) was elected the new king and was crowned...
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    player at the royal court, with much influence. Władysław's Hofmeister was Michał Konarski, a Polish-Prussian noble. Around early 17th century Urszula lost...
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    Tsar of Bulgaria Algirdas Brazauskas C Fernando Henrique Cardoso Carl XVI Gustaf Jacques Chirac Carlo Azeglio Ciampi D Karl Dedecius Gaston Doumergue...
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    Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg Fyodor Apraksin Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin Nikolai Arkharov Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt Prince Arnulf of Bavaria Prince Arthur of Connaught Prince...
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  • Thumbnail for Stig Wennerström (colonel)
    Wennerström was born on 22 August 1906 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of major Gustaf Wennerström and his wife Ester Berggren. He passed studentexamen in 1926...
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    defeated a combined Polish–Saxon–Russian force of about 5,000 men under Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki and Aleksandr Menshikov. After the fruitless attack...
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    Lieutenant Colonel Gustaf Henrik von Siegroth [sv] and Captain Carl Svinhufvud, the Kalmar Regiment's two battalions under Colonel Gustaf Ranck and Lieutenant...
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    Season 1. Smith has cooked for former President Barack Obama and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. In addition to being chef for Florida Governor Bob Graham...
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    2015. Retrieved 19 December 2014. "Polish Army Procures over 6 Thousand Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifles". Defence24. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024....
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  • Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben Ferdinand Sauerbruch Ewald Balser Seger i mörker Gustaf Dalén Olof Bergström Sitting Bull Sitting Bull J. Carroll Naish 1955 Adriana...
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    Stadt steht kopf, or A City Upside Down (1932), a German film directed by Gustaf Gründgens Revizor (1933), a Czech film directed by Martin Frič, starring...
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    capture. However, the Oliwa Abbey was plundered by Swedish soldiers under Gustaf Otto Stenbock in 1656. The monks sought help from the garrison of Gdańsk...
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    Augustus in Grodno to negotiate about what actions should be taken. While Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld protected western Poland, Charles XII rapidly led his men...
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    Privy Council in Stockholm for his surrender. Colonel Carl Cronstedt and major general Carl Gustaf Wulfrath were sent to Sweden to carry out fundraising...
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    "Tombs of the Unknown Soldier in Central and Eastern Europe" by Prof. Michał Chilczuk, Chairman, Working Group on Central and Eastern Europe, SCEA "Tomb...
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    Palace Drottningholm Queen Hedvig Eleonora  Sweden Skokloster Castle Håbo Carl Gustaf Wrangel  Sweden Stockholm Palace Stockholm Frederick of Sweden  Sweden...
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    of Vasa became extinct in 1672, though the current King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, is descended from Gustav I through his paternal great-grandmother...
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  • Guillez Raymond Boisset Pierre Skawinski  Sweden Sven Strömberg Pelle Pihl Gustaf Eriksson Bertil von Wachenfeldt 1938 Paris details  Germany Hermann Blazejezak...
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    ragtag air force for Biafra. Canadian pilot Lynn Garrison, Swedish pilot Carl Gustaf von Rosen, and Rhodesian pilot Jack Malloch served as leaders of Biafran...
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  • location of the Battle of Brännkyrka (1518), in which the young king-to-be Gustaf Vasa participated. More than a thousand lives were lost, and many streets...
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    France Comedy-drama Together Lukas Moodysson Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Gustaf Hammarsten Denmark Italy Sweden Comedy-drama What Women Want Nancy Meyers...
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    June 1966  Belgium – King Baudouin (1951–1993) 14 June 1966  Sweden – King Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973) 28 November 1966  El Salvador – President Julio Adalberto...
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