King Blesses Princess Sophia Marriage Amid Wound Update
From Potsdam dated November 13 the king's left leg wound healed well after a minor incision and foul fever. The royal family held a grand blessing as the Princess Sophia wed the Margrave of Brandenburg Schwedt with regal pomp, cannon salutes, and feasting. Paris letter notes Worms famine impact, Belle-Isle praised, and France expanding navy as Europe eyes potential peace or continued conflict.
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Holland
Potsdam
Sophia
Brandenbourg-Schwedt
Prince of Schwedt
Berlin
Paris
N.S
Openheim
Count de Belle-Isle
Prince of
Tingry
France
Petto
Brest
M. de Gue Trouin
Spain
M. Caffart
Great Britain
Republick
England
Europe
North
Persans
London News and Royal Court Notes Amid Ilness and Appointments
The London column reports Rev Dr Middleton recovering and leaving Oxford for London as the Guildhall election for St Peter's, Cornhill approaches. It notes Lord Edward Herbert's Bath death, potential Princess of Orange travel via Calais, and court wine supplies. Royal appointments include Speaker nominations for Parliament and episcopal shifts, with health concerns for Dr Rundle and possible successors for Gloucester and Winchester sees. Capt Forbes takes Montferrat governorship as Digges remains in service, and Beadle Staples is elected to the Apothecaries Company.
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London
Middleton
St. Peter’s, Cornhill
Oxford
Guildhall
Bath
Edward Herbert
Marquess of
France
Orange
Calais
Monsieur Chavigny
Thag
Green-Cloth
M. Grovestein
the Prince of Orange
St. James’s House
Helvoetilitus
John Randolph
Virginia
Joan Holloway
Arthur Onslow
Surrey
Samuel Sandys
Worcester
House of Commons
Canterbury
Salisbury
Rundle
Winchester
Willis
Croft
Lynch
Gloucester
Maddocks
Wells
Bi Conybeare
Christ-Church
Gooch
Waterland
Litchfield and
Coventry
Smallbrooke
Raines
Deceas
Benner
Earl of Salisbury
Gheshunt
Hertfordshire
Chapman
Evans
Preston
Queen’s Royal Regiment of Horse
Duke of Argyle
Noel Broxelme, M.D
Clifton
Hyde-Park Corner
Wreden
Capt. Forbes
Forbes
Duke of Newcastle
Col
Eleed Beadle
The
Apothecaries Company
Hudson
Annan
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