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Turbulent Europe News Hidalgo Ambitions and Court Moves
Widespread dispatches report Admiral Torres arriving at Carthagera in a shattered state while Earl of Bradford lies gravely ill in Salop. King Frederick II tours toward Frankfurt on the Oder to quell Silesia, with ministers appointed for Dresden Munich Copenhagen Stockholm Mentz Saxe-Gotha and others. Imperial and Polish perturbations surge as Regency rulers bolster armaments and fortifications, while Courland intrigues and Electors push for a new emperor. The scene spans The Hague Berlin Petersburgh Dantzick and Jamaica with political alignments, confederacies, and royal appointments shaping a tense balance of power.
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Hague
Torres
Carthagera
Pees
Earl of Bradford
Salop
Berlin
Prussia
Frankfort
Oder
Silesia
Munich
M. Kurgraff
Dresder
Count Finck
Copenhagen
Court Finck
Stockholm
M. Linden
Feldt Maythal Schwerin
Mentz
M. Dankelman
Saxe-Gotha
M. Pachot
Dresden
M. Bulow
Petersburgh
Anne
Marshal de Munich
Duke of Courland
General de Bifortis
Kexholm
M. de Belluchef
Barraé
Council of State
Ruta
Chereof
Prince of
Brunswick
d'Otterman
Chandlier
Aifdris
Courland
Novogrod Veliki
Poland
Dantzick
Mittan
Duke
Mill
Couns
Mantice
Sixony
Gourland
Pestis
Ferinand
Czarina
de Jiron
Schlieftbourg
Paris
Anson
Triers
France
Cologn
Italy
Remars
Bohemia
Duke of
Bavatie
Saxony
Marquess of
Brandenborph
Prince Palatine of the
Rhine
Hanover
George. II
Elécers
Bavaria
Eleétor
Deii
Ete&orsi College
Franckfort
St. Bartholomew’s Chateh
Germany
Jamaica
Philip Jackson
Seear
Royat Regiment of Horse
Warsaw