Word: hohensollern
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...part of the dowry of Catherine of Braganza when she married King Charles II in 1662; in 1684 British abandoned it to the Moors on account of the expense it involved; in 1905 Kaiser Wilhelm II paid a visit to the port of Tangier on board the Imperial Yacht Hohensollern, remained six hours and said enough to provoke an international crisis; 1906 Conference of Algeciras settled the whole Moroccan question and placed Tangier under temporary international control; 1911 Germany sent the warship Panther to Agadir and another international crisis was occasioned; 1912 France and Spain came to an agreement...
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