Deutsche Biographie
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Deutsche Biographie is a German-language online biographical dictionary. It published thus far information about more than 730,000 individuals and families. All entries are linked to the Integrated Au
Entry for Heinrich von Kleist
Proxy marriage
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A proxy wedding or proxy marriage is a wedding in which one or both of the individuals being united are not physically present, usually being represented instead by other persons. If both partners are
The Wedding by Proxy of Marie de' Medici to King Henry IV by Peter Paul Rubens (1622–25)
The wedding by proxy of Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies to Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, painted by Alejandro Ciccarelli, 1846