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Betrothal and power shifts in Muscovite succession
The Princess, widow of Frederick William of Courland, betrothed to the late Emperor, travels with three princes to Moscow after news of the Empress’s accession. She will set out on the seventh morning for Moscow. The Privy Council seeks to reform governance by demanding concerted rule, no peace or war without approval, taxation and office control, and limits on punishment, land dispossession, marriage, and succession. Proposals include a 21 member Privy Council and an 11 member Senate with cohort elections.
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