Britanniæ speculum, or, A short view of the ancient and modern state of Great Britain, and the adjacent isles, and of all other the dominions and territories, now in the actual possession of His present Sacred Majesty King Charles II the first part, treating of Britain in general.
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Britanniæ speculum, or, A short view of the ancient and modern state of Great Britain, and the adjacent isles, and of all other the dominions and territories, now in the actual possession of His present Sacred Majesty King Charles II the first part, treating of Britain in general.
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London :: Printed by Thomas Milbourn for Christopher Hussey ...,
1683.
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Charles -- II, -- King of England, 1630-1685.
Great Britain -- History.
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"Britanniæ speculum, or, A short view of the ancient and modern state of Great Britain, and the adjacent isles, and of all other the dominions and territories, now in the actual possession of His present Sacred Majesty King Charles II the first part, treating of Britain in general." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29601.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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Of the Prince Elector Palatine.
THere being left alive no more of the Off-spring of King Charles the Ist. the next Heirs to the Imperi∣al Crown of these Realms are the Is∣sue and Descendents of Elizabeth late Queen of Bohemia, only Sister to the said King, who was on the fourteenth of February 1612 married to Frederick the Vth. Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine, afterwards stiled King of Bohe∣mia.
Of these the first is Charles, the present Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine commonly called the Palsgrave, from the High-Dutch Psaltzgraffe, Palatii Comes, Grandson to the said
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Queen by her eldest Son Charles Lo∣dowick Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine, lately deceased. His Mother was the Lady Charlotte, Daughter to William the Vth. Landgrave of Hesse, and to Elizabeth Emilia of Hanaw. He was born on the one and thirtieth of March 1651. and has lately mar∣ried the Sister of Christiern the Vth. present King of Denmark.
This Prince hath a Sister named Louise, born in May 1652, and now mar∣ried to the Duke of Orleans, only Bro∣ther to the present French King.
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