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Judgment of a Nation and the Peace of Europe in 1728
The article recalls the 1728 year as a moment of royal diplomacy and hope for Europe. It notes the Count de Rothembourg’s Madrid mission to reconcile the King of Spain with France led to renewed friendship, Queen Marie Leszczynska’s birth of two Princesses, and anticipated Dauphin birth as a pledge of peace. It describes the Cardinal Minister pushing negotiations at Madrid, a courier delivering assurance of Spain ratifying preliminaries, and hints at a possible general pacification. It laments that church peace lags behind political accord, contrasting reconciled political interests with church discord and mentioning a Congress or Council at Ambrun.
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Count de Rothembourg
Madrid
Spain
France
Europe
Lewis XV
M. le Duc