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Infante Duke Arrives at Leghorn to Take Tuscany Oath
Dispatches describe the Infante Duke traveling from Seville to Leghorn where he will visit the Grand Duke and Dowager Duchess, receive the provisional oath of fidelity from Tuscany, then proceed to Parma to assume possession of that duchy and Placencia. A cavalry company is raised for him, with officers named, while notes from Cadiz report fleet effects distribution and a gifts to the King. Substantial court and diplomatic movements follow in Florence, The Hague, Vienna, and Amsterdam with embassies and envoys.
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Leghorn
Florence
Tuscany
Parma
Dutchy
Placentia
Don Lelio Caraffa
Count de Triulzi
Marquess de St. Christine Cornet
M. Abbe Malespina
Cadiz
Buenos Ayres
Chamber of Commerce
Ascanio
Mann
Wager
Benuccini
Grand Duke
Hague
Earl of Chesterfield
Marquess de Fenelon
Sutton
Caffel
Prince de Nassau Orange
Warsaw
Marety
Geisberg
Chevenon
Offenbach
Stralsund
Sweden
Berlin
Bareith
Lucerne
France
Helvetick
Vienna
Rhine
Constantinople
Aga
Bashaw
Amsterdam
Dresden
Electoral
Carolina
Moscow
Profcovic
Brunswick
Frederick Ernest
Culmbach-Bareith
Denmark
Christine- Sophia
Ferdinand Albert de Brunswick