Memoirs of the Princess Palatine, Princess of Bohemia


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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Princess Palatine, Princess of Bohemia: Including Her Correspondence With the Great Men of Her Day, and Memoirs of the Court of Holland Under the Princes of Orange The Sister of the Princess Palatine, Sophia, was married to Count Augustus, Elector of Hanover: her daughter, Sophia Charlotte, Was married to William, first King Of Prussia, and thus descends the house or brandenburg. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Memoirs Of The Princess Palatine, Princess Of Bohemia, Including Her Correspondence With The Great Men Of Her Day, And Memoirs Of The Court Of Holland Under The Princes Of Orange


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Step back in time to the tumultuous courts of 17th century Europe with this fascinating memoir from the Princess Palatine, Marie of Bavaria. From wars and treaties to personal scandals and triumphs, this book offers a rich and vivid portrait of a remarkable woman and her times. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.






















Memoirs of Louis Xiv and His Court and of the Regency


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Elizabeth Charlotte, Countess Palatine of Simmern (1652-1722 at the Chateau de Saint-Cloud near Paris), known in French as la princesse palatine and in German as Liselotte von der Pfalz, was a princess of the electoral family of the Palatinate who became Duchess of Orleans by her marriage to Philip I, Duke of Orleans, younger brother of Louis XIV of France, and then in 1693 by inheritance Duchess of Montpensier in her own right. When the Wittelsbach branch of Palatinate-Simmern became extinct in the male line with the death of her brother Karl II, Elector Palatine in 1685, her brother-inlaw Louis XIV claimed the Palatinate and started the War of the Palatine Succession (1688 - 1697). Her brother's death also meant that she became the heiress of the then Duchess of Montpensier, her distant childless cousin and her husband's first cousin. After the deaths of her husband in 1701 and of Louis XIV in 1715, her son-Philip II, Duke of Orleans-became Regent of France (1715-1723), acting for the underage king Louis XV of France.