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289:Mechthilde
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292:Margarete
260:Wennigsen
222:Canute VI
176:OsnabrĂĽck
128:Neue Burg
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116:Adolf III
76:Spouse(s)
1391:Adolf IV
1374:Adolf II
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297:Ancestry
273:Adolf IV
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