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Birth of a Princess at Florence and court pageantry
From the London Gazette Florence edition, news of the birth of a Princess to the Great Duchess, with christening names and a grand Florentine ceremony led by the Archbishop. The event drew foreign ministers, nobility, and a gallery of courtiers, followed by compliments and a three day health vigil in the royal chamber.
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London Gazette
Florence
Maria
Teresa
Giuseppa
Charlotta
Giovanna
Count Rosenberg
Viviani
Spain
Thurn
John Todd
Alexander Catmur
Lemonstreet
Goodman’s Fields
Middlesex
Slopmen
Surrey
Guildhall
London
George Vere
Bishop’s Court
Lothbury
Jol Abercromby
Richard Baldwin
Southwark
Guilds Hall
Dutchess of Hamilton
Argyle House
Dukes of
York and
Gloucester
Brunswick
Harry Duke of Bolton
Southampton
Dorset
Poole
Duke of Pohton
Lewes
Sussex
Nathaniel Nath
Thomas Fludger
Knt
William Stephenson
Mansion House
Paterson
London Bridge
Black+Friars Bridge
France
Mons. du Hammel
Templeman
Paris
Normandy
Lying In Hospital
Dublin
Nicholas Hume
Earl of Ely
High Court of Chancery
Duke of York
Admiralty
Union
Rome
Sant’ Angelo
Sixtus Quintus
Zephyr
Labrador
Trinity Harbour
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Esquimaux
Difley
Chéshire
Buxton
Chesterfield
Kerttleram
Macclesfield
Wright
Barbadoes
Monte Christi
George Alexander Stevens
Earl of Bristol
Ireland
Lord Rochford
Duke of Northumberlaye
Magdalen House
Didymus Blood
Beau Monde
Squire
Buck
Heaven
Hell
Francis
Blood
King’s Arms Tavern
Cornhill
West India
James Allen