The ''Almanach de Bruxelles'' is a now defunct
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of
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to compete against the prominent German
Almanach de Gotha
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First published ...
.
[March 17, 1918]
Almanach de Gotha has a French rival
in ''The New York Times
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See also
* ''
Almanach de Gotha
The ''Almanach de Gotha'' (german: Gothaischer Hofkalender) is a directory of Europe's royalty and higher nobility, also including the major governmental, military and diplomatic corps, as well as statistical data by country. First published ...
''
Sources
External links
''Almanach de Bruxelles'' (1918-at
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