The King's Mistress: The True & Scandalous Story of the Woman Who Stole the Heart of George I (40 page)

Hayter, Thomas
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Heidegger, John James
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background
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building activity
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opera
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mantua
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Melusina story
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Schaumberg-Lippe, Margarethe Gertrud

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Oeynhausen, Sophie Juliane von (sister of Melusine)
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Olbreuse, Eléanore d’
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opera

and Handel
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Hanover
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appearance
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character
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death
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and death of husband
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marriage
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relationship with Caroline of Ansbach
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relationship with George
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and South Sea Bubble
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Schnath, George
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Schulenburg, Anna Elisabeth von der(née von Stammer) (stepmother)
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