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- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 277-278, 307, 327-328. ISBN 0-220-66222-3
- ↑ Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Landes Oldenburg (PDF; 6,8 MB). Isensee-Verlag, pag. 126, 127, ISBN 3-89442-135-5
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