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Royal Journeys and Court Ceremonies Across Europe
Reports from Madrid and Vienna describe royal plans to travel to Badajoz and Elvas for exchanges of princesses, with a grand royal procession and thousands in attendance. Contemporaneous dispatches note Mass, orders for knightly promotions, diplomatic audiences, and preparations for a frontier visit amid peacetime negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badajox
Elvas
Andalusia
Cadiz
Madrid
Royal Palace
Rangoni
Duke of
Modena
Villa Franca
Order of the Golden Fleece
Prince of Asturias
d’Abrantes
Portugal
M. Vander Meer
States General
Count Coniglegg-Erps
Hague
France
Konigfege
Vienna
Signor Bichi
Lisbon
Aldobrandini
Princess of Asturias
Brasil
Brazil
Infantes
Don Carlos
Don Philip
Spain
M. Chevard
Infante Don Carlos
Duke of Offonne
Marquess de Santa Cruz
Count de San Iiovan
Duke del Arco
Duke of Giovenazzo
Duke of Richelieu
Order of St. Michael
Paris
Nantes
Char
Bourdeaux
Deal
Duke of York
Somers
Marlborough
Macclesheld
East India
Concord
Butler
Antigua
Jamaica
Quirk
Bristol
Ellis
Oporto
Knights of the Garter
Thistle and Bath
Earl of
St. James’s
Caroline
Walter Tiley
Denmark
Lord Glenorchy