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Auguste was born on November 10th. 1704 at Schloss Johanisburg in Bavaria. Family Her father was the imperial army commander Louis, William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. See link  Her mother was Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg. See Link Love and Marriage Auguste 's mother tried to find a suitable wedding candidate for her daughters. She proposed two candidates: - Prince Alexander Ferdinand of Thurn und Taxis (German); - Prince Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (French). Auguste preferred the German prince but her mother wanted a French wedding and Auguste agreed. The marriage took place on June 18th. 1724 in Baden-Württemberg and on July 13th. 1724 in France. They would have 2 children. Duty She became very popular at the court of Versailles and was known as charming. Death Auguste died on August 8th. 1726, shortly after giving birth of her second child. Source picture: Wikipedia

James Ensor (April 13th. 1860 - November 19th. 1949) lived in Ostend and was a famous Belgian painter who had an important influence on expressionism and surrealism. James Ensor - Source picture: Wikipedia Family His parents were James Frederic Ensor and Maria Catharina Haegheman. James Frederic Ensor was born in Brussels of English parents. His mother came from Ostend. Study From 1877 till 1880, James Ensor attended the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts in Brussels. Later Ensor traveled to France, the Netherlands and he even made a four-day visit to London. Work Initially, people found his works scandalous. However in 1895 one of his paintings was bought by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. Nowadays his works are spread over a lot of museums in the world. Belgium: Brussels  Antwerp and Ostend. United States of America: Museum of Modern Art in New York France: Musée d'Orsay in Paris Germany: The Wallraf Richartz Museum in Cologne.

Leopold III,  Duke of Austria was born on November 1st. 1351 in Vienna. He was a member of the noble House of Habsburg. Family His parents were Albert II 'The Wise' of Austria and Johanna of Pfirt. His mother was 51 years old, when she gave birth to Leopold. Shortly after she died. Love and Marriage On February 23rd. 1365, Leopold married to Viridis Visconti. She was the daughter of Bernabo Visconti, Lord of Milan and Beatrice Regina della Scala. Leopold and Viridis would have 6 children. Duty Leopold was firstly administrator of Tyrol and he was charged (jointly) to rule the Habsburg Lands. However on September 9th. 1379, Leopold became the exclusive ruler of inter alia: Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Windic March, and Gorizia. In 1382 he even acquired Trieste. Death Leopold died on July 9th. 1386, during the Battle of Sempach. He was succeeded by his eldest son William. Source picture: Wikipedia