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ORIGINAL letters to William III. from the following royal persons and States; 1693-1701: 1. The city of Aix-la-Chapelle; dat. 14 July, 3 Sept. 1696, 20 Sept. 1697. Ger. and Lat. ff. 1, 3, 5.

2. Victor Amadeus and William, Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg, Charles William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Henrietta [Catharina], daughter of Henry Frederick, Prince of Orange, and widow of John George II., Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, on the Lauenburg succession; 30 July, 1697. Lat.; with signatures and seals. f. 9.

3. The Emperor Leopold I.; dat. Vienna, 24 Apr. 1692, 14 Apr. 1694; Ebersdorf, 27 Sept. 1694; Laxenburg, 30 May, 1697; Vienna, 7, 31 Aug., 14 Sept. 1697, announcing the victory over the Turks, on the Theiss, 11 Sept. and 17 July, 1700. Lat.; with signatures and seals, and countersigned by Leopold William, Count von Kinigsegge, Amadeus, Count von Windischgrätz, Sebastian Wunibald, Count von Zeyhl, and D[ominicus] A[ndreas], Count von Kaunitz. ff. 12, 18-32.

4. Eleonora [Maria], Archduchess, widow of Charles Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, in favour of the recognition of her son at the peace [of Ryswyk]; dat. Vienna, 18 Aug. 1697. Lat. Signed. f. 33.

5. Frederick Magnus, Margrave of Baden [-Durlach], on the marriage of his daughter, Johanna Elizabetha, etc.; Basel, 11 and ²⁴/₁₄ May, 1697. Lat. Signed. ff. 35, 37.

6. Prince Louis [Margrave] of Baden [ob. 1707]; n.d. Fr. Holograph; with seal. f. 39.

7. Marquard Sebastian [Scheneck von Stassenberg], Bishop of Bamberg; dat. Bamberg, 1 Apr. 1693. Ger. Signed; with a duplicate. ff. 42, 44.

8. M[aximilian Maria] Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Governor of the Netherlands; dat. Brussels, 9 Apr. 1693. Fr. Signed. f. 46.

9. Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg [lst King of Prussia]; dat. Krossen, 28 Apr. 1693, and Regiomonti [Königsberg], ¹³/₂₃ May, 1697. Fr. and Lat.; with signatures and seal. ff. 49, 57.

10. The city of Bremen, on the King's escape from the assassination plot, etc.; dat. 1 May, 26 Sept. 1696. Lat.; with seal. ff. 60, 62.

11. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg [afterwards Bishop of Osnabrück]; dat. Hanover, 18 Oct., 9 May, 1697. Lat.; with signatures and seals. ff. 64, 99.

12. George William, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg; dat. Brokhusi [Broekhuizen ?], May, 1697. Lat. Signed. f. 66.

13. Joseph Clement, Elector of Cologne; dat. Freising, 25 Apr. 1693; Liége, 13 May, 1696, 15 May, 1697; Bonn, 13 Aug., 4 Oct. 1697 Arnsberg, 20 Aug. 1700. Lat. and Fr. Signed. ff. 68-78.

14. The city of Danzig; dat. 11 Sept. 1693, 2 Aug. 1697. Lat.; with seals, and a duplicate of the second letter. ff. 79-84.

15. Christian V. of Denmark, on the birth of his grandson, etc.; dat. Copenhagen, 29 June, 2 Oct. 1697. Lat.; with signatures and seals. ff. 85, 87.

16. Charlotta Sophia, Abbess of Hervorden; dat. Herfort [Hervorden], 19 Aug. 1697. Ger. Signed. f. 89.

17. The Circle of Franconia; dat. ²³/₁₃ May, 1696. Lat. Signed by Lotharius Franciscus [Count of Schönborn], Elector of Mayence and Bishop of Bamberg; and Christian Ernest, Margrave of Baireuth. f. 93.

18. Charles, Landgrave of Hesse [-Cassel]; dat. Cassel, 31 Mar. 1692, Apr. 1693; Robelmont, 27 June; Haseloch, ⁸/₁₈ Sept.; Cassel, 26 Dec. 1696, vi id. [10], 26 May, 29 July, 20 Oct. 1697; Schwalbach, 5 July, 1701. Ger. and Lat.; with signatures and seals. ff. 101-120.

19. George, Landgrave of Hesse [-Darmstadt]; dat. Darmstadt, 1 Apr. 1693. Fr. Holograph. f. 121.

20. Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse [-Darmstadt]; dat. Giessen, 30 Aug. 1697. Lat.; with signature and seal. f. 123.

21. Frederick, Duke of Holstein [-Gottorp]; dat. Gottorp, 10 May; Tönningen, 15 June, 1697; Segeberg, 18 Aug. 1700. Lat. and Fr.; with signatures and a seal. ff. 124-130.

22. Ferdinando Carlo, Duke of Mantua; dat. Mantua, 19 Aug., 18 Dec. 1697. Ital. Signed. ff. 131, 133.

23. Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin]; dat. Schwerin, 11 July, 1701. Lat.; with signature and seal. f. 137.

24. Lotharius Francis [Count of Schönborn], Elector of Mayence and Bishop of Bamberg; dat. Bamberg, 31 May, 1696; Mayence, 18 May, 22 June, 1697. Lat. Signed. ff. 139-144.

25. Frederick Christian [Baron von Plettenberg], Bishop of Münster; dat. Ahus, 9 Sept., 25 Oct. 1697. Lat. Signed. ff. 145, 147.

26. John William, Elector Palatine [of the house of Neuburg], on political and military movements, and formal occasions; dat. Düsseldorf, 24 June, 1692, 24 Apr. 1693, 22 June, 1696, 1 Jan., 11, 31 May, 14 June, 1697, 15 Aug., 10 Sept.; and Heltorp, 11 Sept. 1701. Lat. and Fr. Signed. ff. 149, 153, 160, 162, 166-177.

27. Peter II. of Portugal, on the birth of a son; dat. Lisbon, iii non. [3] Sept. 1697. Lat.; with signature and seal. f. 178.

28. John George IV., Elector of Saxony; dat. Dresden, 24 June, 1692. Lat.; with signature and seal, and a copy of the King's answer; dat. Lembecq, 31 July, 1692. Lat. ff. 180, 182.

29. Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Henry, Duke of Saxe- Römhild; dat. Friedenstein, 17 Mar. 1693. Lat.; with signatures and seals. f. 184.

30. Frederick Augustus, Elector of Saxony; dat. Vienna, ²¹/₃₁ May, 1697. Lat.; with signature and seal. f. 186.

31. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Gotha; dat. Friedenstein, 2 Sept. 1697. Lat. Signed. f. 188.

32. Charles II. of Spain, on the investment of Barcelona by the French; dat. Madrid, 7 June, 14 Aug. 1697. Lat.; with signatures and seals. seals. ff. 190, 193.

33. Franceso del Castillo, Marques de Villa d'Arias, Spanish General; dat. Madrid, 8 June, 1694. Span. Signed. f. 195.

34. The city of Speier; dat. Frankfurt-on-the-Main, ⁶/₁₆ June, 1697. Ger. f. 197.

35. The States-General of the Netherlands; dat. the Hague, 2 Nov. 1697. Fr. Signed by D van Ess and F[rancis] Fagel, Greffier. f. 199.

36. De Wilde, on naval affairs; dat. Amsterdam, 15 May, 1692. Dutch. Signed. f. 202.

37. The Protestant Cantons of Switzerland ; dat. Zürich, 1 Dec. 1696. Lat.; with seal. f. 204.

38. The Regents of Sweden, on the death of Charles XI., etc.; dat. Stockholm, 7 Apr.; Carlberg, 18 Aug. 1697. Lat.; with seals; and with signatures of Hedevig Eleonora [widow of Charles X.]; Count Benedictus Oxenstiern [Minister for Foreign Affairs]; Count G. C[ristopher] Gyllenstierna [Governor of Stockholm and War Minister]; Count Fabian Wrede [Minister of Marine]; Count Nicolaus Glydenstolpe [Governor of Charles XII., and Minister of Justice]; Count L[aurent] Wallenstedt [Minister of Finance and Commerce]; and others. ff. 206, 210.

39. Michael Apafi [II], Prince of Transylvania; dat. Vienna, 16 Mar. 1697. Lat. Signed. f. 212.

40. John Hugh [d'Orbeck], Archbishop Elector of Trèves; dat. Ehrenbreitstein, 16 May, 26 Aug. 1697. Lat. Signed. ff. 214, 216.

41. Eberhard Louis, Duke of Würtemberg [of the Stuttgard line], on his marriage, etc.; dat. Stuttgard, May, ^{2 Aug}/_{23 July}, 1697. Lat. and Fr.; with signatures and seal. ff. 218, 229.

42. Rudolph Augustus, and Anthony Ulric, Dukes of Brunswick [-Wolfenbüttel]; dat. Wolfenbüttel, 12 May; Brunswick, 16 Aug. 1697. Lat. Signed. ff. 222, 224.

43. The city of Worms; dat. Frankfurt, 13 May, 1697. Lat.; with a printed estimate in German of the indemnification from the French. ff. 226, 228. The following miscellaneous papers are dispersed through the volume: a. Copy of a letter from the Emperor [Leopold I.] to the Elector of Mayence, respecting the Duke of Hanover; dat. Vienna, 22 June, 1692. Ger. f. 14. b. Drafts and copies of William III. to the Emperor; [Oct. 1693], f. 16; to Frederick III. Elector of Brandenburg; 25 June, 1692, ff. 53, 55; to [John William] Elector Palatine; [8 June, 1693], f. 158; to Francis Louis, Count Palatine; dat. Kensington, 25 Mar. 1697, f. 164. Lat. and Fr. c. Extract from a letter written by Mons^r de Meyer to the Comte de Santfré, by order of the Elector of Bavaria; 4 July, 1692. Fr. f. 48. d. Memorial of the Circles of Franconia and Suabia to the Congress of the Allies at the Hague; dat. Hague, ¹⁶/₂₆ July, 1696. Lat. f. 95. e. The Comte de Balliani, Mantuan Envoy, to ; n.d. Fr. Holograph. f. 135. f. Copy of a letter from [John William] Elector Palatine [of the house of Neuburg] to the Emperor, respecting the Commandant of Bonn; dat. Düsseldorf, 26 May, 1693. Ger. f. 155. g. "Extractus Conclusorum Circuli Westphalici habiti Coloniæ Ubiorum;" May, 1697, f. 217. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

William III of England: Letters to: 1693 - 1701.

includes:

ff. 1, 3, 5 Aix La Chapelle, Germany: Letters to William III.: 1696, 1697.: Germ. and Lat.
f. 9 Victor Amadeus, Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
f. 9 William, Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
f. 9 John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau: Letters from Henrietta, his wife, to William III.: 1689, 1697.: Fr. and Lat.
f. 9 Charles William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
f. 12 Leopold William von Königsegg, Count: Counter-signature: 1670, 1692.
ff. 12, 18-32 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Letters to William III.: 1692-1700.: Lat.
f. 14 Mayence, Archbishops, Electors of. Anselm Francis von Ingelheim: Letter to, from Leopold l.: 1692.: Germ.: Copy.
f. 14 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Letter to the Elector of Mayence: 1692.
f. 16 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Letter to, from William III.: 1693.
ff. 22 b, 25 b, 27 b, 29 b Sebastian Unnibald von Zeyhl, Count: Counter-signature: 1697.
f. 31 Dominic Andreas von Kaunitz, Count; Imperial Secretary of State: Countersignature: 1700.
f. 33 Charles Leopold; Duke of Lorraine: Letter from his widow, Eleonora Maud, to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 35, 37 Baden-Durlach, Margraves of. Frederic VII. Magnus: Letters to William III.: 1696-1698.: Germ. Lat.
f. 39 Baden-Baden, Margrave of. Louis William: Letters to William III.,: n.d. 1696.: Fr. and Lat.
ff. 42, 44 Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg, Bishop of Bamberg: Letters to William III.: 1693.: Germ.
f. 46 Bavaria, Elector Duke of. Maximilian Maria Emanuel: Letters to William III.: 1693-1700.: Fr. and Eng.
ff. 49, 53, 55, 57 Brandenburg, Electors of. Frederic III: Correspondence with William III.: 1692-1697.: Lat.
ff. 60, 62 City of Bremen: Correspondence with William III.: 1696-1699.: Lat.
ff. 64, 99 Hanover, Electors of. Ernest Augustus: Letters to William III.: 1697.
f. 66 George William; Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg: Letter to William III.: 1697.
ff. 68-78 Cologne, Archbishops Electors of. Joseph Clement, Duke of Bavaria: Correspondence with William III.: 1693-1700.: Lat. and Fr.
ff. 79-84 City of Danzig: Correspondence with William III.: 1693, 1698.: Lat.
ff. 85, 87 Christian V of Denmark: Letters to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
f. 89 Charlotta Sophia, Abbess of Hervorden, in Westphalia, daughter of James, Duke of Courland: Correspondence with William III.: 1697, 1701.: Gem. and Fr.
f. 93 Circle of Franconia: Letter to William III.: 1696.: Lat.
f. 93 Brandenburg Bayreut, Margraves of. Christian Ernest: Letter to William III.: 1696.: Lat.
ff. 93, 139-144 Mayence, Archbishops, Electors of. Lothair Francis von Schönborn: Letters to William III.: 1696-1699.: Lat.
ff. 101-120 Hesse-Cassel, Landgraves of. Charles: Correspondence with William III.: 1692-1701.: Germ. and Lat.
f. 121 Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraves of. George, Imperial Field Marshal: Letter to William III.: 1693.: Fr.
f. 123 Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraves of. Ernest Louis: Correspondence with William III.: 1695-1701.: Lat.
ff. 124-130 Frederick IV; Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp: Letters to William III.: 1697, 1700.: Lat. and Fr.
ff. 131, 133 Mantua, Duchy and Marquisate of. Ferdinand Charles: Letters to William III.: 1697.: Ital.
f. 135 Balliani, Conte, Mantuan Envoy to William III: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.
f. 137 Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Frederic William: Letter to William III.: 1701.: Lat.
ff. 145, 147 Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg, Baron; Bishop of Minister: Letters to William III: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 149, 153, 160, 162, 166-177 John William; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Correspondence with William Ill.: 1692-1701.: Lat. and Fr.
f. 155 Leopold I; Emperor of Germany: Letter to, from John William, Elector Palatine: 1693.
f. 155 John William; Elector Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to Leopold I.: 1693.: Germ.: Copy.
f. 164 Francis Louis; Count Palatine of the Rhine: Letter to, from William III.: 1697.
f. 178 Peter II of Portugal: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 180, 182 Electors and Dukes of Saxony; John George IV: Correspondence with William III.: 1692.: Lat.
f. 184 Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen: Letter to William III.: 1693.: Lat.
f. 184 Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild: Letter to William III.: 1693.: Lat.
f.186 Electors and Dukes of Saxony; John George IV: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
f. 188 Frederic II; Duke of Saxe-Gotha: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 190, 193 Charles II of Spain: Letters to William III.: 1696, 1697.: Lat.
f. 195 Francesco del Castillo, Marquis de Villa d'Arias: Letter to William III.: 1694.: Span.
f. 197 Spires, Germany: Letter to William III.: 1697.: Germ.
f. 199 Netherlands, United Provinces: Letter from the States-General to William III.: 1697.: Fr.
f. 202 Jacob de Wildt, Receiver-General of the Admiralty at Amsterdam: Letters to William III.: 1692, 1696.: Dutch.
f. 204 Switzerland: Letter from the same, to William III.: 1696.: Lat.
ff. 206, 208 Nils Gyldenstolpe, Swedish Minister of State: Signature: 1697, 1702.
ff. 206, 210 Charles Gustavus X of Sweden: Letters from Qu. Hedewiga Eleonora to William III.: 1697.
ff. 206, 210 Charles XII of Sweden: Letters from the Regents to William III.: 1697.
ff. 206, 210 Bengt Oxenstierna, Count Swedish Foreign Minister: Letters to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 206, 210 Laurent Wallenstedt, Count; Swedish Minister of Finance and Commerce: Letters to William III.: 1697.
ff. 206, 210 Georg Christopher Gyllenstierna, Count; Swedish Minister for War: Signature: 1697.
ff. 206, 210 Fabian Wrede, Count; Swedish Minister of Marine: Letters as Regent to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
f. 212 Princes of Transsylvania: Michael Apafi I. Letter to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 214, 216 Archbishops Electors of Treves: John Hugh von Orbeck. Letters to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 218, 229 Eberhard Louis; Duke of Würtemberg - Stuttgart: Letters to William III.: 1697.: Lat. and Fr.
ff. 222, 224 Rudolph Augustus; Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: Letters to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 222, 224 Anthony Ulric; Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: Letters to William III.: 1697.: Lat.
ff. 226, 228 City of Worms: Letter, with inclosure, from the city to William III.: 1697.: Lat.

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1701

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Names:

Anthony Ulric, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Archbishops Electors of Treves
Balliani, Conte, Mantuan Envoy to William III, fl late 17th century
Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Brandenburg Bayreut, Margraves of. Christian Ernest
Brandenburg, Electors of. Frederic III
Castillo, Francesco del, Marquis de Villa d'Arias
Charles Gustavus X, of Sweden
Charles II, of Spain, 1661-1700
Charles Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
Charles William, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel
Charlotta Sophia, Abbess of Hervorden, in Westphalia, daughter of James, Duke of Courland
Christian V, of Denmark, 1646-1699
Circle of Franconia
Cologne, Archbishops Electors of. Joseph Clement, Duke of Bavaria
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Würtemberg - Stuttgart
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1629-1698
Francis Louis, Count Palatine of the Rhine
Frederic II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
Frederic William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederic William
Frederick IV, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, of Add MS 61268
Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, 1647-1709
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1624-1705
Gyldenstolpe, Nils, civil servant and diplomat, 1642-1709
Gyllenstierna, Georg Christopher, Count, Swedish Minister for War, fl 1697
Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild
Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraves of. Ernest Louis
Hesse-Darmstadt, Landgraves of. George, Imperial Field Marshal
John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
John George IV, Electors and Dukes of Saxony
Kaunitz, Dominic Andreas, Count, Imperial Secretary of State
Königsegg, Leopold William, Count
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, 1640-1705
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Chief Commander of the Imperial Army, 1655-1707
Mantua, Duchy and Marquisate of. Ferdinand Charles
Maria Elisabeth, Governor of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I
Maximilian II, Emanuel Maria, Elector of Bavaria, 1662-1726
Mayence, Archbishops, Electors of. Anselm Francis von Ingelheim
Mayence, Archbishops, Electors of. Lothair Francis von Schönborn
Oxenstierna, Bengt Gabrielsson, Count, Swedish Foreign Minister, 1623-1702
Peter II, of Portugal
Plettenberg, Friedrich Christian, Baron, Bishop of Minister
Princes of Transsylvania
Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Schenk von Stauffenberg, Marquard Sebastian, Bishop of Bamberg
Victor Amadeus, Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg
Wallenstedt, Laurent, Count, Swedish Minister of Finance and Commerce
Wildt, Jacob, Receiver-General of the Admiralty at Amsterdam
Wilhelm, Johann, Elector Palatine, 1658-1716
William III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1650-1702
William, Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg
Wrede, Fabian, Count, Swedish Minister of Marine
Zeyhl, Sebastian Unnibald, Count

Places:

Aix La Chapelle, Germany
Bremen, Germany
Danzig, Germany
Hodeidah, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Libya, Africa
Spires, Germany
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Worms, the Rhineland