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Also Known As Ehrengarde Melusina, Duchess of Kendal, Duchess of Munster, Countess and Marchioness of Dungannon, Countess of Feversham, Baroness of Dundalk, Baroness of Glastonbury • Ehrengarde Melusina, Gräfin von der Schulenburg
Born December 25, 1667 • Emden • Germany
Died May 10, 1743 (aged 75) • England
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