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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
Document Reference
Pw2 Hy 1355
Title
Draft letter from Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], Whitehall, London, to Mr Howe; 14/25 Jun. 1706
Date
25 June 1706
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Acknowledges receipt of Howe's letter; does not wish to interrupt the 'happy nuptuals'; says that the Queen will write to 'Her E. Highness' on the subject; instructs Howe to offer the Queen's 'complement of felicitation to the Electress, the Elector, Prince and Princess in the meantime; says that Queen takes great delight in the alliance of two families 'so near in blood and interest to her'.
Term
diplomacy, with Hanover
marriage, royal, Frederick William I of Prussia
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George I (1660-1727); King of Great Britain and Ireland
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Anne (1665-1714); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
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Frederick William I (1688-1740); King of Prussia; ( acc. 1713)
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Sophia Dorothea (1687-1757); Queen Consort; ( dau. of George I; m Frederick William I of Prussia)
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Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
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Howe; Emanuel S. (-1709); Esq.; Envoy Extraordinary to Hanover 1705-9
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