Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/36
Title	Letter from Lord Augustus Loftus, Berlin, Prussia, to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 1 June 1866.
Date	1 June 1866
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Comments on the lack of reaction in Russia to the escapade of the Prince C. of Hohenzollern in the principalities; asks if there was any complicity with France or Prussia or if it was hoped the Prince would marry the Leuchtenburg Princess; expresses the hope that the Turks would not enter the principalities and states that the Emperor did not know anything of the intentions of Prince C., but doubted that the same was true of Bismarck; informs him that Bismarck had accepted the Conference; discusses the size of the Prussian and Austrian armies and reports discontent among the Bavarian lower classes; states that Bismarck did not really like the idea of the conference.
Term	military campaigns, Austro-Prussian War 1866

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6600	Evguenia (1844-1925); Duchess of Oldenburg; ( daughter of 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg)	1844-1925
NA140	Bismarck; Otto E.L. von (1815-1898); Prince; German statesman and Prussian minister-president	1815-1898
NA6231	Wilhelm I (1797-1888); German Emperor; ( King of Prussia from 1861 German Emperor from 1871)	1797-1888
NA6722	Carol I (1839-1914 ); King of Roumania; (prince 1866; king 1881)	1839-1914
NA6208	Loftus; Augustus W.F.S. (1817-1904); Lord; diplomat	1817-1904
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882