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At the age of 16, she fell in love with an
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were raised without the participation of their parents, under the care of governesses and servants.
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Arnoldi's death, their son Frederick (Fritz) von Piattoli was born (19 September 1800,
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Johanna
Katharina von Biron, Princess of Courland and
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502:. Emilie von Binzer. 1877. p. 42.
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554:Wiadomości Numizmatyczne
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483:Drei Sommer in Löbichau
467:Drei Sommer in Löbichau
451:Drei Sommer in Löbichau
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307:Scandalous relationship
44:Johanna of Courland by
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638:Lithuanian Lutherans
514:"www.talleyrand.org"
360:Queen Maria Carolina
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240:Duchess of Acerenza
227:Duchess of Acerenza
31:Duchess of Acerenza
18:Duchess of Acerenza
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281:Dorothea von Medem
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608:1876 deaths
603:1783 births
318:Peter Biron
592:Categories
569:Literature
560:: 143-210.
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409:, Fürstin
374:Later life
293:Wilhelmine
267:Early life
61:1783-06-24
407:Wallmoden
329:Wratislaw
320:left for
92:Thuringia
49:, c. 1820
426:Löbichau
419:Löbichau
354:Marriage
301:Dorothea
252:musician
238:) and a
88:Löbichau
405:, duke
384:Dresden
364:Dresden
348:Hungary
314:America
297:Pauline
285:Silesia
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399:Vienna
368:Naples
340:Prague
333:Prague
322:Prague
236:Latvia
213:Mother
203:Father
128:Spouse
120:Poland
102:Burial
558:LVIII
430:Żagań
326:Count
256:Italy
254:from
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192:House
177:Names
160:Issue
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108:Sagan
68:Mitau
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