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Kings,
Princes
and Heads
of State
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Llewellyn
the Great, Prince
of Wales
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Gelert
King
Johns Gift for
the Prince's marriage
with Joan, illlegitimate
daughter of the King.
(Story
of Gelert the faithful
Hound)
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John
Lackland, King of England
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brought
over some Wolfhounds
, when he ruled Ireland
for 8 months in 1185
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Richard
III King of England
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was
always accompanied
by a Wolfhound.
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Anne
Boleyn
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Urian
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Henry
VII King of England
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see
the Wolfhound in his
Burial Chapel in Westminster
Abbey >Sculptures
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Queen
Elizabeth I of England
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We
know she was keen on
hunting and she was
made a gift of a brace
of 2 Wolfhounds by
Sir Neill O'Neill
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Elisabeth
, Empress of Austria -
Sissi
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Horseguard/Shadow
She
was often in Ireland
and brought an Irish
Wolfhound with her.
Sometimes his name
ist given as Horseguard,
sometimes as Shadow.
Perhaps there were
2 Hounds?
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Pres.
Herbert Hoover
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Cragwood
Padraig
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George
Washington
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(had
up to 30 Sighthounds
of diff. breeds at
times)
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Robert
Kennedy
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He
bought a Wolfhound
for his handicapped
daughter
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