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Fleet of Ships Sails from Port to Barcelona and Back
The 26th of King year the fleet left Port youth for Barcelona arriving September 2. They were greeted with courtly honors in Spain and waited at Barcelona until October 19 for Spanish forces. Sailors were impressed to man ships as delays persisted. Don Carlos traveled by land to France then Italy, welcomed with grand entertainments. He embarked at Antibes December 23 on Spanish gallies for Leghorn arriving December 27, prompting Count Stampa to cede Parma and Placencia to Dorothea of Parma. Imperial troops withdrew as the affair neared completion.
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Barcelona
Spain
Don Carlos
France
Italy
Drudes
N.S
Antives
Lezborn
Count Stampa
Parma
Placentia
Dorothea of Parma
Duke of
Tuceny