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Rachel McAdams
Rachel Anne McAdams (born November 17, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for the Orange Rising Star Award in 2006. She is commonly known for her role as Regina George in Mean Girls. She was born in London, Ontario and grew up in St. Thomas, Ontario. She had major roles in "The Hot Chick", "Mean Girls", "...
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Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House is an American crime comedy movie, made in 2000. It was directed by Raja Gosnell. It stars Martin Lawrence as the main character, "Malcolm Turner", and Nia Long as "Sherry Pierce". The storyline is about an FBI named Malcom Turner going undercover as an elderly woman called Hattie Mae "Big Momma" Pier...
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Cape Henry Light
The Cape Henry Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Virginia. It is near Virginia Beach, Virginia. For a long time, it has been important for the large amount of shipping entering the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. The first building was the first lighthouse authorized by the U.S. government. It was built in 1792. Th...
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Performances
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Tabula rasa
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Behavourist
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Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an American writer. He was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. He began his literary career writing humorous newspaper sketches. He edited magazines. He went to Europe on family matters as a young man. He remained there for 17 years. He served as the United States ambassador to Spain from 1842...
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Sunnyside (Tarrytown, New York)
Sunnyside is a house in Tarrytown, New York. It was once the home of American writer Washington Irving. He wrote many books, but he is best known for the short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Irving bought the property on June 7, 1835 for $1,800. He described it to his brother as "a beautifu...
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Sunnyside
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving. The story was published in 1820 in a collection of Irving's literary pieces called "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." The story was one of the first fictional works by an American author to become popular outside the United States. Adaptation...
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George Li
George Li (Chinese: 黎卓宇, Pinyin: Lí zhuōyǔ), born August 24, 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, is a Chinese-American pianist. Li has been performing since he was nine years old, and is known as a recitalist, a chamber musician, and a soloist with orchestra. At the age of eleven, he played at New York's Carnegie Hall. The ...
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Yin Chengzong
Yin Chengzong (Chinese: 殷承宗, Pinyin: Yīn Chéngzōng) (born 1941 in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, Fujian, China) is a Chinese pianist and composer. He is famous for composing the Yellow River Piano Concerto he arranged based on the Yellow River Cantata.
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Fou Ts'ong
Fou Ts'ong (; 10 March 1934 – 28 December 2020) was a Chinese-born British pianist. He was perhaps best known for winning third prize and the Special Mazurka prize at the International Chopin Competition at Warsaw. He was born in Shanghai. Fou died of COVID-19 on 28 December 2020 in London, aged 86.
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Kipper (disambiguation)
Kipper may refer to:
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Kipper (TV character)
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Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Eberhard Hermann Kohlschreiber (born 16 October 1983 in Augsburg) is a German tennis player. He turned professional in 2001. , his highest ranking has been number 16 in the world.
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Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia KBE (born April 19, 1947) is an American pianist and conductor. Murray Perahia was born in New York City to a family of Sephardi Jewish origin. According to the biography on his Mozart piano sonatas CD, his first language was Judaeo-Spanish. The family was from Thessaloniki, Greece. His father moved to ...
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The General Strike
The General Strike is a 2012 album by American punk rock band Anti-Flag. It is their 9th album.
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Études (Chopin)
The Études by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin are three sets of études for piano. Composition. Chopin's "Études" (studies) are some of the hardest pieces of all the works in concert piano repertoire. Because of this, the music remain famous and are often played at concerts. Some of them have been given nicknames (but ...
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Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve
The Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve is a nature reserve near Yosemite National Park within "Mono County", California. This reserve was founded in 1981 by the California State Legislature, to protect the formations of the natural limestone "Tufa" at Mono Lake. The park is located on the south shore of Mono Lake and is loca...
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Walkers Stadium
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Lev Ivanov
Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (1834-1901) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. He became Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. Ivanov is credited with choreographing "The Nutcracker" in 1892 due to the ill health of Ballet Master Marius Petipa. The extent of his work is disputed. Only Petipa's name appeared on p...
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Stalingrad
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Arthur Ashe
Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993) was an American tennis player. He started playing tennis professionally in 1969. He won three singles Grand Slam titles: the US Open in 1968, the Australian Open in 1970 and Wimbledon in 1975. He won two Grand Slam doubles titles: the French Open in 1971 and th...
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Italian Concerto
The "Italian" Concerto (or, Concerto in the Italian style) is a piece of music for harpsichord composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was published in 1735 with the "French Overture" in the second volume of Bach's (English: "Keyboard Practice"). Both pieces are Bach's interpretations of popular musical forms of the day....
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Steps (group)
Steps are a British vocal pop group who formed in 1997. The members of the quintet are Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian "H" Watkins. Steps have released seven studio albums. They released their first single "5,6,7,8" in 1997.
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Falstaff
Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. In two of the "Henry IV" plays, he is a friend of Prince Hal, the man who becomes King Henry V. Falstaff is very fat. He thinks he is very important and is always boasting. He is also a coward. Falstaff makes Prince Hal get i...
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Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. She has acted in movies, on television and theater. She won a Golden Globe Award for playing Abigail Adams in "John Adams". She is best known for playing the central role of Cathy Jamison in "The Big C", for which she won a Golden Globe Award. She was...
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L.Ron Hubbard
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director.entertainer. He was born in Harlem, New York City. Davis became hugely successful as a stage singer and recording artist and when asked to play at segregated places (where African-Ame...
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John F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Lang Lang
Lang Lang (Chinese: 郎朗, Pinyin: Láng Lǎng), born June 14, 1982, in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, is a Chinese pianist. He has played with the best orchestras in Europe, the United States and his native China. He is very famous around the world for his concert performances, television appearances, albums and soundtracks. L...
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Erhu
The erhu (二胡; pinyin: èrhú) is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument which may also be called a "southern fiddle", and sometimes known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle". It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles and big orchestras. It is the most popul...
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Billie Jean
"Billie Jean" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson. It is a song on his 1982 album, "Thriller". The song was released as a single on January 2, 1983. "Billie Jean" was one of many hits by the singer. It was number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song blends post-disco, R&B, funk, and dance-pop. The lyrics...
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Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Igorevitch Kissin ( "Yevgeniy Igorevich Kisin"; born in Moscow, 10 October 1971) is an Israeli-Russian-British pianist. He has been an Israeli citizen since 2013. He is famous for his playing of the works of the Romantic repertoire, such as Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. References. 3. Evgeny Kissin's fanpage ...
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Camryn Manheim
Camryn Manheim (born March 8, 1961) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the television show "The Practice". She also acted in movies, mostly independent movies. She was in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. She also acted in "Ghost Whisperer".
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Australian emblem
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Isomers
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Inflow
An inflow is a river that leads to a lake or some other body of water. The inflow gives the lake a supply of water. If lakes have no way of getting water added to them, they will eventually dry up through evaporation. Some lakes are big enough that they can stay full through rain instead of inflows. An example of such...
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Irc channel
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Fox Entertainment Group
Fox Entertainment Group was an American entertainment company. It owns places that movies are produced, television networks and others. It is named after William Fox.
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Sexy Bitch
"Sexy Bitch" (renamed "Sexy Chick" whenever censored) is a hit song by David Guetta. Akon sings in it. The single was released during 2009. There are several music videos for this song. It was written by Giorgio Tuinfort, Aliaune Thiam, David Guetta, Jean-Claude Sindres and Sandy Vee.
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Mars planet
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (U.S. syndicated game show)
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Deal or No Deal (U.S. syndicated game show)
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Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway, () is a German-American piano company. It was founded in 1853 in Manhattan, New York City, the United States, by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The employees at Steinway were mostly German immigrants. The company's growth...
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Steinway
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Steinway and Sons
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Lamian
Lamian () is a type of Chinese noodle. It is made by stretching and folding the dough into strands. The twisting and later stretching of the strips of dough happens because of the weight of the dough. The strands can be made in many lengths and thicknesses depending on how many times it is stretched and folded. The "So...
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Gullah Gullah Island
Gullah Gullah Island is an American musical children's television series that features Gullah culture. It's on Nick Jr. from October 24, 1994 to January 9, 1998. The show features Ron Daise and his wife Natalie Daise. It was the first show designed for preschoolers to feature a black family. It was created by Maria Per...
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List of Gullah Gullah Island episodes
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Inventions and Sinfonias (Bach)
The Inventions and Sinfonias (1720; revised 1723) are 30 pieces of keyboard music (15 each in sinfonia and invention) composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are sometimes known as the Two and Three Part Inventions. Bach arranged the two groups of pieces in order of ascending key. Each group covers the eight major and ...
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Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545
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Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545 (Mozart)
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List of Joan of Arcadia episodes
This is a list of the episodes of the CBS television serial Joan of Arcadia. Series overview. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>
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Piano Sonata No. 1 (Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K 279 (189d) (1774) is a sonata in three movements: It takes about 14 minutes to play the entire sonata.
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Labella
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Inventions and Sinfonias
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Two Part Inventions
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Three Part Inventions
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Inventions (Bach)
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Sinfonias (Bach)
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List of Detroit Red Wings players
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Eastern Conference. The Red Wings franchise has been a part of the NHL since 1926, making them one of the "Original Six" clubs. Originally named the Detroi...
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James A. Creighton
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List of NHL players (A)
This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "A".
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List of NHL players (B)
This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "B".
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List of Sagan Tosu players
This is a List of Sagan Tosu players. Sagan Tosu is a Japanese professional football club in Tosu on the island of Kyushu.
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Winnipeg Jets (1972-1996)
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List of NHL players (C)
This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "C".
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List of Albirex Niigata players
The List of Albirex Niigata players is evolving. The history of the team is created by its players. Albirex Niigata is a Japanese professional football club in Niigata.
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Charles Cahill (ice hockey)
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The Nightingale (Andersen)
"The Nightingale" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It was published in 1844 in Andersen's "New Fairy Tales" "(Nye Eventyr)" with "The Angel", "The Sweethearts", and "The Ugly Duckling". The critics liked these stories. Andersen's inspiration for "The Nightingale" was Tivoli Gardens, an amusement par...
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Ryan Caldwell (ice hockey)
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List of Avispa Fukuoka players
The List of Avispa Fukuoka players is evolving. Avispa Fukuoka is a Japanese professional football club in Hakata ward of Fukuoka.
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List of NHL players (J)
This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "J".
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List of NHL players (L)
This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "L".
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Eddie Leier
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List of NHL players (M)
This is a list of National Hockey League (NHL) players who have played at least one game in the NHL from 1917 to present and have a last name that starts with "M".
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Bihari
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Larry Johnson (running back)
Larry Johnson (born November 19, 1979) is a former American Football runningback in the National Football League. He played college football for Penn State. Johnson spent most of his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. After replacing the often-injured veteran Priest Holmes, Johnson excelled. He played very well in 200...
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Speed canoe
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Little Britain
Little Britain is a British television sketch comedy show. It was shown on the BBC from February 9, 2003 to December 30, 2006. It was created by and stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas. It was narrated by Tom Baker. The show was about various characters in the UK. In 2020, it was taken off streaming services due to rac...
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Runningback
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Eels (band)
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Tyrod Taylor
Tyrod Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American professional football player. He plays as a quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He played relatively well with Virginia Tech, where he wore number 5, but was not drafted until the ...
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Fox's Animation Domination
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Thrust fault
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Punk music
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Catholic University of the Holy Conception
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Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳, pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā), born 10 February 1987, is a Chinese pianist. Wang started to play the piano at the age of six; her earliest public concerts were at China, Germany and Australia. At the age of seven, Wang began to study at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music before moving to the US to s...
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Lauderhill
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Extant taxon
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French Suites
The French Suites are six suites composed by Johann Sebastian Bach between 1722 and 1725. They were written to be played on the harpsichord or clavichord. A suite is a group of dances. Bach did not call them "French Suites". That title was given to the group by someone else. They were called the "French Suites" to dist...
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Pee
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John terry
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Baltimore Colts
The Baltimore Colts were an American football franchise in the National Football League. The team was based in Baltimore. The logo was a white horseshoe (blue uniforms). The team had success since 1953 when it began, winning four NFL championships, including Super Bowl V. The most famous player was quarterback Johnny U...
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Anna Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia (; St. Petersburg, 18 January 1795 - The Hague, 1 March 1865) was Queen of the Netherlands. She was the mother of William III of the Netherlands. She was the grandmother of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Her father was Paul I of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov, because of his Paternal Gra...
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Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was the prince consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. He was the father of Beatrix of the Netherlands. He was born in Jena, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire. He died of lung cancer in Utrecht, Netherlands at the age of 93.
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George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
George Victor (14 January 1831 - 12 May 1893) was the 3rd sovereign Prince of the German state of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He was the father of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, the consort of William III of the Netherlands. George Victor is the great-great grandfather of Beatrix of the Netherlands.