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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 111. Chapters: Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Amadou Toumani Toure, Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria, Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, Arnold Ruutel, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, George S. Patton, Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Harald V of Norway, Hoyt Vandenberg, Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Jean-Baptiste Piron, Maria Cavaco Silva, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Pentti Arajarvi, Pieter van Vollenhoven, Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg, Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant, Princess Maxima of the Netherlands, Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Varmland, Prince Felix of Luxembourg, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, Prince Joachim of Denmark, Prince Laurent of Belgium, Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Louis of Luxembourg, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Prince Sebastien of Luxembourg, Queen Sonja of Norway, Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange. Excerpt: World War I World War II George Smith Patton, Jr. (November 11, 1885 December 21, 1945) was an officer in the United States Army best known for his leadership as a general during World War II. He also developed a reputation for eccentricity and for sometimes-controversial gruff outspokenness such as during his profanity-laced speech to his expeditionary troops. He was on the U.S. 1912 Olympic pentathlon team and also designed the U.S. Cavalry's last combat saber: the "Patton Saber" (the M-1913). In 1916 he led the first-ever U.S. motorized-vehicle attack during the punitive expedition. In World War I, he was the first officer assigned to the new United States Tank Corps and saw action in France. In World War II, he commanded corps and armies in North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. In 1944, Patton assumed command of the U.S. Third Army, which under his leadership advanced farther, captured more enemy prisoners, and liberated more territory in less time than any other army in history. A German field marshal speaking to American reporters called Patton "your best" (general). Patton's grandfather, Confederate Colonel George Smith Patton, died in the Battle of Opequon in 1864.George Smith Patton Jr. was born in San Gabriel, California in 1885, to George Smith Patton Sr. (1856 1927) and his wife Ruth Wilson (1861 1928), daughter of Benjamin Davis Wilson. Although he was actually the third George Smith Patton after his grandfather, he was called Junior. The Pattons were an affluent family of Scots-Irish and English descent. As a boy, Patton read widely in the classics and military history. His father was a friend of John Singleton Mosby, the noted cavalry leader of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War who served first under J.E.B. Stuart and then as a guerrilla fighter. Patton grew up hearing Mosby's stories of his adventures, and longed to become a general himself. Patton came from a military family, his ancestors including General Hug
