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2 days ago · The duke of Gueldres is making an assembly, which he could not well do without the French crowns. Francis Sicken hopes for rescue out of France, else he is undone; for the archbishop of Treves, the count Palatine, the duke Frederick, elector of Saxony and the landgrave of Hesse will besiege two of his castles on the 10th prox.
4 days ago · “As to the King of Denmark, it is understood that he will not return to Holstein as soon as was expected; and some of the councillors of the Elector of Saxony have asked me whether I mean to go direct to Denmark, which shows that they know that I have letters for the said King; nay, they have told me that one of the King's councillors took ...
4 days ago · Dictionaries of the languages of early common law. Law French & Law Latin. For background see 'The three languages of the common law' in Baker, The Common law tradition: lawyers, books and the law ( Legal Hist. B167d) and the sources mentioned in the footnotes. Baker’s Manual of Law French at KL44.BAK 1990 is the best guide for anyone needing ...
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2 days ago · Order for Mr. Lowther to pay, out of the King's money in his hands, 300 l. to John Walthoe for 900 double “Courants” sent to the Post Office every post day, 1733, May 22 to August 21. Same for same to pay Stephen Whatley 50 l. as Royal Bounty. [ Treasury Minute Book XXVII. p. 211.] September 4. 112.
3 days ago · Great Elector: 1 n the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688) Synonyms: Frederick William Example of: Elector any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
5 days ago · Download stock image of “Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553). Illustration for Weltgeschichte Fur Das Volk by Otto von Corvin and Wilhelm Held (Verlag und Druck von Otto Spamer, 1880).” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive
3 days ago · Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in ...
