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107:Frederick I
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558:De Legibus
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431:1872–1905
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550:Missouri
510:See also
487:Harald V
427:Oscar II
367:Karl III
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576:Norway.
407:Karl IV
387:Oscar I
347:Karl II
79:English
554:Cicero
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