_Radjowski_, Cardinal, 116, 150.
_Radzevil, Louisa-Charlotte_ Pss. of, 330.
_Radzevil_, 2d Wife of Marshal _Flemming_, 92, 165.
RASTADT, _t._ 299.
Prince of _Baden_'s Palace here compar'd to _St. Cloud_ near _Paris_,
299.
Treaty sign'd there, 300.
_Ratenau_, t. 50.
RATENBERG, _t._ 379.
_Rats_, a Saint that was famous for killing them, 196.
_Ravanne_, Abbot de, 317.
_Raugrave_, Madame la, 342, 343.
_Rechberg, Gaudentz_ Count de, 266.
_Reinbabe_, Baron de, 176.
_Religion_, the Externals of it, where best observ'd, 412.
_Residents_ for the _German_ Princes at _Franckfort_, their Privileges,
342.
_Rheden_, M. de, 64, 66.
_Rhenen_, t. 344.
_Riga_ Siege, 163.
_Rinucci_, the Cardinal and the Marquiss, 423.
_Robert_, Prince Palatine, K. of the _Romans_, 321.
_Rock, Moses_'s, a piece of it, 396.
_Rocoule_, Madam de, 25.
_Roder_, M. de, 261.
_Rodolph_, Emperor, the Speech he made after he had one of his Hands
cut off in Battle, 168.
_Rohan_, Cardinal _Armand Gaston_, 309.
His Speeches on the Marriage of the Queen of _France_, 310, 313.
His Election and Death, 315.
Character, 316.
_Rohr_, Baroness Dowager of, 148.
_Rollé_, the _Brandenburg_ Minister, 4.
_Rolli_, the Painter, 424.
ROME, _t._ the _German_ Emperor's Right to live there, 201.
_Ronaw_, Count de, Envoy of _Saxe Gotha_, 181, 182.
RONCIGLIONE, _t._ 430.
_Rossing_, M. de, 78.
_Roth_, Baron de, 305.
_Rotofski_, Count, 115, 119.
_Rupert_, St. 365, 366.
_Rutowski_, Count, 115, 116, 118.
_Ruzzini Carlo_, Doge of _Venice_, 399.
S.
_Saltz_, R. 364.
_Saltzbourg_, t. 364.
Its Revenues, and Houshold of its Archbishop, 367, 373.
A great Revolution in this Country, 375.
_Saltzdahl_ Seat near _Brunswic_, 75.
_Sapieha, Benedict_, 163.
_Sardinia_, King and Queen, 332, 335.
SAVERNE, _t._ 315.
Savoy, see _Eugene_ and _Emanuel_.
_Saxe-Lawenburg_, Princess, 300.
---- _Weissensels, John-Adolphus_ Prince of, 99, 115.
_Sophia_ Princess of, 200.
_Christina_ Princess of, 114, 115.
---- _Weymar_ Dukes, 172, 173, 174, 175.
_Saxe-Zeits, Maurice-William_ Pr. of, 99, 171.
---- Cardinal, 171.
---- _Gotha_ Duchy, 167.
Wealth of its peasants, 167.
---- _Gotha_ Dukes, 173, &c.
Duchesses, 181.
---- _Barbi_ Duke, 82, 83.
---- _Meynungen_ Princess, 181, 200.
---- Chevalier de, 116.
---- _Eysenach_ Dukes, 173, 183.
_Saxony_ ill provided with Ordinaries, 86.
Present State of its Court, 99, to 155.
Character of the Men, 155.
of the Women, 156.
of the Clergy, 159.
_Scarperia_, t. 425.
_Schindler_'s Lace Manufactory, 7.
_Schleisheim_ Palace, 270
_Schluter_ the Architect, 10.
_Schmiedel_, Baron de, 176.
_Schneitzenrieth_, t. 377.
_Schomberg_, Marshal, 17.
_Schonborn, Francis George_, Count, 328.
---- _John-Phillip-Francis_, Count, 54, 185, 186.
_Damian-Hugo_ the Cardinal, 318, 319, 320.
---- _Frederic-Charles_, Bp. of _Bamberg_, 185, 190, 191, 201, 242.
_Lotharius-Francis_, another of its Bishops, 201.
_Schoning_, General, 116.
_Schorror_, the Pope's Vicar at _Hanover_, 64.
_Schulemburg_, Count de, 408.
_Schulenbourg_, General, 61.
His Duel with Count _Fleming_, 163.
_Schwabach_, t. 196.
_Schwartzenborg_, Pr. 213, 223, 301, 302, 304.
_Schwetzingen_, t. 352.
_Schwizinski, Nicholas_, 147.
SCHWATZ, _t._ 379.
_Schunck_ and _Schutz_, Barons _de_, 285.
_Sea_, the Ceremony of marrying it, 399, 400.
_Seckendorf_, Baron and Count, 54, 195.
_Seefelde-Terring, Maximilian_, Count _de_, 265.
_Sehgutt_, Counts of, 147.
_Seibelsdorf_, General, 358.
_Seiffertitz, Adolphus_ Baron _de_, 141.
_Sickengen_, Baron _de_, 333.
SIENNA _t._ 429.
_Sigismond_, Emperor, 339, 388.
_Sigismond_, Archduke and Count of _Tirol_, 389.
_Silenus_'s Legacy, 190.
_Sobieski, John_ K. of _Poland_, 247.
His Daughter, 262.
_Soissons_, Countess of, 238, 239.
_Soliman_, the Sultan, 248.
_Solkcofski, Alexander-Joseph_, Count _de_, 98, 103, 104, 128, 133,
139, 143.
_Sophia-Wilhelmina_, Princess of _East-Friesland_, 83.
---- _Christiana-Louisa_, Princess of _Bareith_, 205.
_Spain_, Council of, at _Vienna_, 244.
_Span_, Baron _de_, 162, 163.
_Speratus, Paul_, 375.
_Spiegel_, Madame _de_, 116, 358.
_Spiga_, the Pope's Vicar at _Hanover_, 63.
SPIRE _t._ 320.
_Sporcke_, M. _de_, 77.
_Spree_, River, 3.
_Staden_, Siege, 57.
_Stadtholder_ at _Vienna_, 246.
_Stanislaus_, K. 318.
His Daughter's March on foot with the Prince of _Baden_, 304.
Marriage to _Lewis_ XV. 309.
_Stanislawski, N. N. de Sehgutt_, 147.
_Staremberg, Maximilian_, 246.
_Staremberg, Ernest-Rudiger_, Count _de_, 239, 247.
_Staremberg, Guido_, Marshal, 239.
_Staremberg, Gundacker_, Count, 241.
STARGARD, _t._ 162.
_Staupitz_, Abbot, 375.
_Stein_, Baron, 72.
Baroness, 130, 148.
_Steinbock_, General, prov'd cruel, Incendiary, 57.
_Stein Wein_, a sort of Wine so called, 190.
_Steinbach_, the Architect, 308.
_Sternberg_, Count, 211.
STERTZINGEN, _t._ 392.
_Stetin_, t. its Sequestration, by whom obtain'd, 164.
_Stetterheim_, M. _de_, Cup-bearer to the D. of _Saxe-Gotha_, 183.
_Strada, James de_, 179.
_Strahlsund_, Siege, 124.
STRASBOURG, _t._ 305, 315.
Noted for Libertines, 310.
_Streithorst_, Colonel, 292.
_Stringuetta_, the _Venetian_ Courtezan, 421.
_Studenitz_, Baron _de_, 176.
STUTGARD, _t._ 279, 289.
_Sulkowski._ See _Solkcofski_.
_Sultman_, M. and Madame _de_, 292.
_Sultzbach, Joseph-Charles_, Pr. and Princess of, 324, 330, 331.
---- _Theodore_, Prince, 332.
---- _John-Christian_, Prince, 332, 333.
---- _Charles_, Prince, 332.
_Sympathy_, its Power, 374.
T.
_Tartary_ Women, what they say to their Husbands when they come home
without Booty, 247.
_Telemachus_, translated into _German_ Verse, 195.
_Teschen, George_, Prince of, 116, 117.
Princess of, 117, 150.
_Thanhausen_, Count de, 373.
_Thaun_, Count and Countess, 151.
_Theodebert_, Count of _Provence_, 389.
_Thirheim, Sigismond_, Count _de_, 258, 265, 266.
_Thomasius_, the Civilian, 156.
_Thorn_ of our Saviour's Crown, 81.
_Thou_, Messieurs, their Library, by whom purchased, 317.
_Thungen_, General, 278.
_Tilly_, Count, his Massacre of the _Swedes_ at _Brandenburgh_, 2.
Of the _Palatines_ at _Heidelberg_, 321.
_Tintoret_, the Painter, 419, 420.
_Tirol_, Country, 377.
Manner of Salutation here, 380.
Dress of the People, 393.
Their Saints, 394.
_Titian_, the Painter, 419.
_Torring, Ignatius-Joseph_, Count _de_, 265, 267, 373.
_Tour_ of _Auvergne_, Princess, 332.
_Tour_ and _Taxis, Alexander_, Pr. of, 205, 303, 342.
---- ---- ---- _Mary-Augusta_, Princess of, 285, 290.
_Tournay_, Siege, 124.
_Towers_, mistaken for _Capuchin_ Friars, 339.
TRENT, _t._ 393.
_Truchsses, Zeil_, Count _de_, 374.
_Tschernin_, Count, 211, 222.
_Tuhlmeier_, Secretary, _Prussian_, 43.
_Tun_, at _Heidelberg_, 324.
_Turks_, where they have reason to laugh at the Christians, 54.
_Tuscany, John Gaston_, the Great Duke, 428.
His Saying when he declared Don _Carlos_ his Successor, 428.
_Tutors_, or Governors, a mercenary sort, 217, 218.
V.
_Valerio_'s Tomb at _Venice_, 405.
_Vatican_ Library, 321.
_Vauban_, M. Engineer, 309.
VENICE, _t._ 395, 396, &c.
Its Doges, 389, 390.
Patriarch, 403.
Churches, 403, _&c._
Arsenal, 405, _&c._
Bucentaur, 399, 407.
Forces, 408.
Lakes, 409.
Its political Interest, 409.
Trade, 410.
Nobles and Ambassadors, 410.
Ladies, 411.
Music, 414, 415.
Palaces and Gentry, 420.
_Vernesobre_, Baron _de_, his Gains by _Missisippi_, 8.
_Viaticum_, the Homage paid to it in Popish Countries, 249.
_Vicardel, Francis_, Marquis of _Fleuri_ and _Beaufort_, 135.
_Vieban_, M. _de_, _Prussian_ Minister, 43.
VIENNA, _t._ 224.
Sieges, 237, 239, 247, 248.
Its Police, 246.
Its Governour how stil'd, 246.
Its Garrison, 247.
Fortifications, 249.
Women, 251, &c.
_Vierec_, M. _de_, 46.
_Villaco_, t. 382.
_Violante_, of _Bavaria_, Princess, 429.
_Violin_, the first in _Italy_, 415.
_Virgilius_, St. 365.
_Virgin Mary_'s miraculous Image at _Inspruc_, 384.
The Adoration paid to her in the Countries of _Trent_ and _Tirol_,
394.
VITERBO, _t._ 430.
ULM, _t._ 276.
_Unertel_, M. _de_, 267.
_Voltaire_'s Life of _Charles_ XII. King of _Sweden_, Reflection on it,
32.
W.
_Wackerbarth, Augustus Christopher_, Marshal _de_, 91, 99, 102, 124.
_Wakerbarth, Salmour-Gabaleon-Joseph_, Count _de_, 104, 112, 124, 126,
165.
His Countess, 125.
_Wagenheim_, M. _de_, of _Hanover_, 66.
WAHTRINGEN, _t._ 377.
_Walbourg de Truchsses_, Count _de_, 27.
_Waldstein_, Count and Countess _de_, 147. 148.
_Wales_, FREDERIC, Prince of, 26, 64.
AUGUSTA, Princess of, 182.
_Wallenstein_, Count and Countess of, 151, 153.
_Walrave_, M. Engineer, 82.
_Walstein_, the great Soldier, 210.
_Wartemberg_, Count and Countess, 3, 5, 6, 7.
The King of _Prussia_'s Tears at his Funeral, 7.
His Administration, 36, 42, 44, 134.
_Wartensteben_, Count, 17, 36.
_Wasserbourg_, t. 364.
_Water-works_, at _Herenhausen_, 67.
_Wederkopf_, M. _de_, 80.
_Weiller_, a _Prussian_ Colonel, 20.
_Weimar_, t. 172.
Its Dukes, 172 to 176.
_Weissenberg_ Battle, 210.
WEISSENBOURG, t. 318.
_Wenceslaus_ (St.) K. of _Bohemia_, 212, 213.
_Wens_ in Throats, 393.
_Wensen_, M. Marshal of the _Prussian_ Court, 7, 8.
WERMSTORF, _t._ 86, 103, 157.
_Werth, John de_, 321.
_Wetzlar_ Tribunal, 245, 320.
_Whim_, a fine Seat so called near _Hanover_, 67.
_William_ of _Saxe-Gotha_, Prince, 182.
_William-Henry_, Duke of _Saxe-Eysenach_, 183.
_Willigise_, ABp. of _Mentz_, 179.
_Wirtemberg, Lewis_ Prince of, 151, 285.
_Charles-Alexander_ Duke, 279, 285, 290.
His Duchess, 285.
His Brother _Frederic_, 285.
_Wirtemberg, Eberhard-Lewis_ D. 279, 280, 289.
His Duchess, _ib._ 280.
His Son, 281.
Daughter, _ib._
_Wirtemberg-Oels, Augusta-Louisa_, Princess of, 83.
_Christian-Ulric_, Duke of, 83.
_Witgenstein_, Count, 285.
_Woad_, three sorts of it, 179.
_Wohlin_, Baron _de_, 334.
_Wolckenstein_, Count _de_, 393.
_Wolfembuttle_ Family and Court, 69 to 72.
Its Inhabitants compared to the Hogs of _Westphalia_, 75.
The Duchess Dowager, 80.
WOLFEMBUTTLE, _t._ 75.
_Wolffenstein, Sophia-Christina_, Countess of, 208.
_Women_, of the _Levant_ and _Hamburg_, their great Confinement, 52.
WORMS, _t._ 338.
_Wratislaw, Francis-Charles_, Co. _de_, 147, 148, 153.
His Countess, 154.
_Wreech, de_, Colonel, 30.
_Wurben_, Countess _de_, Mistress to the D. of _Wirtemberg_, 279, 282,
283, 284.
Her Disgrace, 290, &c.
_Wurm_, M. _de_, Master of the Horse to the D. of _Saxe-Gotha_, 183.
_Wurmbrandt_, Count _de_, 245.
_Wurtenberg, Christina-Charlotta de_, Margravine of
_Brandenburg-Anspach_, 194.
WURTZBOURG, _t._ 185.
Power and Splendor of its Bishop, 190.
Z.
_Zech, Bernard_, Baron _de_, 138.
_Zell_, Duke and Duchess, 60, 61, 62.
ZELL, _t._ 61, 68.
_Zensa_, Prince _Eugene's_ Victory there, 237.
_Zinzendorf, Lewis_, Count _de_, 240.
The Dignity hereditary in his Family, _ib._
_Zebel_, Baron _de_, 188, 189, 336.
_Zechau_, Baron _de_, 193, 195.
_FINIS._
ERRATA.
In the first Col. of Letter M, in the Index, Line 6 from the Bottom, for
p. 113, read 114. Line 7, 9, and 11, for _Prussia_ r. _Poland_. In the 3d.
Column of the same Letter, read lines 34, 35, 36, thus:
_Moschinski, Anthony_, Count and Countess, 117, 120, 142.
_Moses_, a Piece of his Rock, 396.
[Illustration]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The Reader will please to observe, that this Preface was written
during the late Distractions in _Poland_, before the Malecontent Lords had
reconcil'd themselves to their Allegiance to their lawful Sovereign.
[2] This Church being destroy'd by Lightning in 1730, is magnificently
rebuilt. The 21st of _August_ 1734, the new Spire of it, which had been 4
Years erecting, and was carry'd up to the Height of about 190 Feet, fell
at 9 o'clock at Night upon the Roof of the Church, whereby that and the
neighbouring Houses suffer'd very great Damage. How it happen'd, no body
yet knows; some say it was caus'd by Thunder, others by an Earthquake, and
some will have it that it fell down of its own accord.
[3] This House is no longer the Governour's; for the King, who has caused
great Additions to be made to it, has given it to the Prince Royal, and it
goes by the Name of the _Prince Royal's Palace_. The Governour lives at
present in the Street _Royale_, the King having purchas'd the fine House
of _Catsch_ there purposely for the Governour's Residence.
[4] This Prince died at _Schwedt_, _Dec._ 19, 1711. He left two Sons, one
of whom was marry'd in 1734, to the Princess _Dorothea-Sophia_, the King
of _Prussia_'s fourth Daughter, then about fifteen Years of age. So that
his Majesty, who had six Daughters, married four of them within the space
of four Years, and has now but two more to dispose of.
[5] Her Name is _Jean Charlotte_, and she is the youngest Sister of Prince
_Leopold_ of _Anhalt Dessau_, being the Daughter of the Prince
_John-George_ II. by _Henrietta Catherine_, Daughter of _Frederic-Henry_
Prince of _Orange_.
[6] Since the Original was publish'd, this Ward has been lengthen'd two
thirds. There is one Street so long, that in this respect there are few
that equal it: 'tis as strait as a Line; and terminates in an Oval,
surrounded with very fine Houses. A new Ward is also erected at the End of
that call'd the New Town; from whence it ranges behind _Frederic-Stadt_.
Here most of the chief Nobility are building Hotels or Palaces, rather
than Houses. In a word, if the Number of the Inhabitants of _Berlin_ was
proportionable to that of the Houses, it would be the finest, and the most
flourishing Town in all _Germany_.
[7] He married (in _June_ 1733,) the Princess _Elizabeth-Christina_ of
_Brunswic-Lunenburgh_, and _Bevern_, Daughter of _Ferdinand-Albert_ Duke
of _Brunswic-Lunenburgh_, and _Bevern_, Field-Marshal General of the
Armies of the Emperor and Empire: and Presumptive Heir to the Duke Regent
of _Brunswic-Lunenburg Wolfembuttle_.
[8] This was his Royal Highness, now Prince of _Wales_. All _Europe_, in
short, thought, as did the Poets of that Time; and every one in general
mark'd out the Princess for this Prince. It was then too the Desire of
both the Queens; and the Princess herself seem'd to have been brought up
in that Notion. But when 'twas least of all expected, certain Reasons of
State cancell'd all these Views; and the King of _Prussia_ thought fit to
marry his eldest Daughter in 1731, to the Hereditary Prince of
_Brandenburg-Bareith_: as King _George_ II. _of Great Britain_, in 1756,
thought fit to marry his eldest Son to her Highness, _Augusta_, youngest
Sister of the present Duke of _Saxe-Gotha_.
[9] The Marriage was actually celebrated between them, in _July_ 1733.
[10] The fourth married in 1734, to the King's Cousin, the Margrave of
_Brandenburgh-Schwedt_.
[11] This Prince died in 1731. His eldest Son, the Margrave _Charles_,
succeeded him in the Grand Mastership of the Order of St. _John_; and had
his Regiment of Foot in the Service of _Prussia_. Prince _Frederic_, his
Royal Highness's second Son, had his Regiment in the Service of the
States-General of the _United Provinces_; and the Count _de
Truchsses-Walbourgh_, a Major-General, had his Regiment of Horse. He was
sent to compliment _Lewis_ XV. upon his Coronation; and afterwards on the
same Commission to the Emperor at _Prague_. His Wit and Politeness were
applauded at both those Courts.
[12] He died suddenly in _August_ 1734, at _Malchau_, aged 57, being born
the 4th of _May_ 1677, O. S. He was not married.
[13] The King thought fit some time ago, to confer this Regiment of Horse
upon his second Son, Prince _Augustus-William_, and to give the Prince
Royal a Regiment of Foot.
[14] M. _de Lopel_ died the beginning of 1735, in his Government of
_Custrin_.
[15] The first and the last have been dead some Years, and their Places
supply'd by Messieurs _Bork_ and _Poddewitz_, who have a just Title to the
intire Possession of the King's Confidence.
[16] Since the writing of this, he is dead, and succeeded in the
Management of Foreign Affairs by M. _de Borck_, Lieutenant-General of the
King's Forces, Knight of the Black Eagle and St. _John_, Governor of
_Stetin_, and Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. This Gentleman is descended
from a very good Family in _Pomerania_, and served with Distinction in the
Army in _Flanders_. Since the Peace of _Utrecht_, he has been twice
charged with the King's Affairs at the Emperor's Court, where he was
highly esteemed, especially by Prince _Eugene_ of _Savoy_. Those Foreign
Ministers who have to do with him, and who knew M. _d'Ilgen_, observe a
great Contrariety in the Characters of the two Ministers. The one was a
Man of Intrigue, Craft, and Mystery, the other, of Candour, Sincerity, and
a noble Frankness. M. _de Tuhlmeier_, Nephew to the late M. _d'Ilgen_, who
is Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was, as it were, born to the
Business; having been trusted from his Youth by his late Uncle. The
Foreign Ministers speak well of him: he is very assiduous in his Office,
and indeed suffers no Business to sleep in his hands.
The Person who has the Affairs Criminal in his Cognizance, is M. _de
Vieban_, Minister of State, and Auditor-General of the Army. He succeeded
M. _de Catsch_; is a Native of _Cologn_; and as he was at _Berlin_ without
Relations or Friends, his Advancement is only to be ascribed to his own
Merit and Abilities.
[17] He fell into Disgrace, after this Account of him was written, and
died at his Commandery.
[18] M. _de Creutz_ died the beginning of An. 1733, leaving only one
Daughter, who is married to M. _de Hacke_, a Gentleman of a good Family,
and his Majesty's Aid-de-Camp and Favourite. This Marriage was solemnized
with a great deal of Pomp, and honoured with the Presence of their
Majesties, the whole Royal Family, and the Duke of _Lorrain_.
[19] This Resolution was taken by his Majesty in 1725, on account of a
Recoinage, which the _Hamburghers_ thought necessary, partly in order to
hinder their Silver from being carried out of their City to _Denmark_.
This Dispute had considerable Consequences; so that the King of _Denmark_
not being able to bring the _Hamburghers_ to his Terms, push'd Matters so
far as to fit out a couple of Frigats to cruise at the Mouth of the
_Elbe_, which seized all Merchant Ships bound for that City. But in
_March_ 1736, the Affair was happily accommodated.
[20] It was set up, carried on, and directed by some of the Foreign
Ministers residing at _Hamburgh_, who had each his particular Province; so
that M. _d'A----_ presided at the Rehearsals, M. _de W----_ regulated the
Dances, and M. _S----_ had the ordering of the Clothes, the Head-dresses,
the Paint and the Patches of the Actresses.
[21] This is what scarce any body has doubted of, but Pere _Boubours_.
[22] The _Hamburghers_ have nothing to fear from the _Jews_, with regard
to their Republic, but they cannot so well trust the turbulent and
enterprizing Temper of the _Roman_ Catholic Clergy, who aim at their
Churches. The popular Commotions which are but too frequent at _Hamburgh_,
would soon furnish those Gentlemen with an Opportunity to re-assert Claims
which are incompatible with the present Liberty of the City. But this
Pretext, how plausible soever in favour of the Papists, is not at all
conclusive against the _Calvinists_ at _Hamburgh_, who surely might be as
safely tolerated as the _Jews_.
[23] His Post of Plenipotentiary of the Circle of Lower _Saxony_, was
conferr'd in 1733 upon the Count _de Seckendorf_, one of the Emperor's
Lieutenant-Generals; but the Functions of the Embassy are perform'd by the
Baron _de Kurtzrok_, the Imperial President.
[24] In 1734, he was install'd Vice-Chancellor of the Empire, in the room
of the Count _de Schonborn_, Bishop of _Bamberg_, who retir'd.
[25] The common People cou'd never forgive him for his manner of raising
Taxes; by filling the King's Coffers with all the Silver of the Kingdom,
and substituting instead of it a Copper Money, which will perpetuate his
Memory; especially the Coins on which he caus'd the seven Planets to be
engrav'd; which are sought after, and hoarded up as Monuments of his
Administration.
[26] Second Wife of King _Frederic_ IV. who died in _October_ 1730. Her
being so much in favour with that Prince, was the cause of her Disgrace
after the Death of that Monarch; and she retir'd to the Isle of _Fuhnen_,
where she leads a very melancholy Life.
[27] She was called _Eleanor d'Emiers_, and was the Daughter of _Alexander
d'Olbreuse_, a Gentleman of _Poictou_.
[28] The House of _Brunswic_ has for its Head _Ernest_ of _Zell_, who by
_Bernard_ and _Albert_ the Great, the Son of _Otho_ the Infant, descended
from the Familys of _Este_ and _Witikind_. _George-William_ Duke of
_Zell_, was Grandson to _William_, the second Son of _Ernest_; from whom
came the two Branches of _Lunenbourg-Zell_, and _Lunenbourg-Hanover_; both
which were united in the single Family of _Hanover_, by the Death of the
Duke of _Zell_, who left no Issue besides a Daughter married to his Cousin
_George_ I. King of _Great Britain_, as well as Elector of _Hanover_.
[29] Monsieur _de Schulenbourgh_ died the beginning of the Year 1733.
[30] Pope _Clement_ XII. on his Accession to the Pontificate, appointed
for his Successor _Schorror_, Bishop of _Helenopolis_, a Native of _Bonn_,
in the Electorate of _Cologne_; a Prelate as amiable as venerable.
[31] He retir'd some Years since from Court, to his Estate at _Schlitz_,
in _Franconia_.
[32] The Count _de Bothmar_ died at _London_ in the beginning of _An._
1732, in a very advanc'd Age, and much lamented by all that knew him. The
Baron _de Hattorf_ succeeded him in the Ministry to the King as Elector.
[33] Since this was written, the continual Ailments and great Age of M.
_de Bulau_, have obliged the King to make an Alteration in the Command of
his Troops. M. _de Hardenberg_, a Knight of the _Teutonic_ Order, is
Commander in Chief of the Horse, and M. _Melvil_, who is descended of a
noble Family in _Scotland_, has the Command of the Foot. They are both
Officers of Reputation, and signaliz'd their Valour during the late Wars.
[34] These auxiliary Forces have been of late years disbanded.
[35] These Works were set up by the Direction of WM. BENSON, Esq; who went
over to _Hanover_ for that purpose in 1716, was soon after made
Surveyor-General of His Majesty's Works in _England_, and is now one of
the Auditors of the Imprest.
[36] He died in _March_, 1731, without Issue by either of his three Wives;
who were, 1. _Christina-Sophia_ of _Brunswic_, 2. _Sophia-Amelia_ of
_Holstein-Gottorp_, and 3. _Elizabeth-Sophia_ of _Holstein-Norbourg_, whom
he left a Widow, after two Years Marriage. His Brother _Lewis-Rudolph_,
Duke of _Brunswic-Lunenbourg_ and _Blanckenbourg_, succeeded him. He was
born in 1671, and in 1690 married _Christiana-Louisa_ of _Oetingen_, by
whom he had three Daughters; the eldest of whom was married to the Emperor
_Charles_ VI. the second to the _Czarowitz_, Son of _Peter_ the Great; and
the third, to the Duke _Ferdinand-Albert_ of _Brunswic-Lunenbourg_ and
_Bevern_.
[37] The Branch of _Brunswic-Bevern_ is descended from _Henry de
Danneberg_, eldest Son of Duke _Ernest_, Head of the _Brunswic_ Family.
_Henry_ left two Sons; the youngest of whom, _Augustus_ of _Wolfembuttle_,
had three Sons who form'd three Branches, _Brunswic_, _Wolfembuttle_, and
_Bevern_. The two first were united in _Anthony-Ulric_. _Ferdinand-Albert_
I. Chief of the Line of _Bevern_, left five Sons and a Daughter. Three of
his Sons are dead; of whom the Eldest lost his life at the Battle of
_Schellenburg_, in 1704; the Third died in 1706, when he was Provost of
St. _Blaise_ of _Brunswic_; as did the Fifth also, in 1706, at the Battle
of _Turin_. There remain two Sons, _viz._ Duke _Ferdinand-Albert_ II. and
Duke _Ernest-Ferdinand_.
[38] See the foregoing Note.