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Dutch renunciation note shifts sovereignty to Bavaria
From Madrid to Hamburg reports indicate Count de Bergheyck delivers to the States a renunciation of the Netherlands sovereignty in favor of Elector Maximilian Emmanuel of Bavaria. The document grants Bavarian rights to govern and appoint officials, with the King’s seal and jurisdiction transferred. Additional dispatches describe Danish demands, payments, troop movements, and ongoing Polish and Swedish tensions affecting Baltic region security.
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Christendom
Spanish Netherlands
Maximilian Emmanuel, E
Bavaria
Meetherlands
Netherlands
Poffefon
Hamburg
Denimark
Sweden
Rugen
Gripfwalt
Dauszic
Poland
M. Welling
K. of
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