Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete

By Charlotte-Elisabeth Orleans

Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete - Charlotte-Elisabeth Orleans
  • Release Date: 2012-06-19
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Description

The Duchesse d'Orleans, commonly though incorrectly styled the Princess of Bavaria, was known to have maintained a very extensive correspondence with her relations and friends in different parts of Europe. Nearly eight hundred of her letters, written to the Princess Wilhelmina Charlotte of Wales and the Duke Antoine-Ulric of Brunswick, were found amongst the papers left by the Duchess Elizabeth of Brunswick at her death, in 1767. These appeared to be so curious that the Court of Brunswick ordered De Praun, a Privy Councillor, to make extracts of such parts as were most interesting.