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French Minister Caught in Plot to Split Germany
Evidence at the Bar on von Leopretching trial showed monthly pay from French minister M Dard in Munich and plans for French military occupation to sever Bavaria Württemberg Baden Austria and Tyrol from Germany. The court denounced the scheme as aimed at destroying German unity and enforcing French hegemony. the death penalty was not permitted.
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Munich
Baron von Leopretching
M. Dard
France
Germany
Bavaria
Wuerttemberg
Baden
Austria
Tyrol
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Macerin
Louis XIV
Cardinal Fleury
Napoleon I
von Leopriching
Europe
Rhineland
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