War in the Palatinate: letters and documents 1656, 1674

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War in the Palatinate: letters and documents 1656, 1674

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The collection (from the Balthasard archives) contains letters from Charles Louis, Elector Palatine, and Charles Caspar von der Leyen, Elector of Trier, to Alexandre Hippolyte Balthasard, Duke of Bournonville. Enclosures with the French and German correspondence include copies of military reports from the field and a diplomatic protocol.

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Literary Manuscripts Collection, Manuscripts Division. [mss]

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Leyen, Charles Caspar von der, Archbishop Elector of Trier 1618-1676

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Balthasard, Alexandre Hippolyte, Duke of Bournonville, 1616-1690

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The correspondence was written to Alexandre Hippolyte Balthasard, Duke of Bournonville (1616-1690), Field Marshal General and Commander of the Imperial Forces on the Rhine in 1674. The wars in the Palatinate have been regarded as the most brilliant phase of French military superiority under the leadership of the great Turenne, who was the victorious commander in 1674 and whose death in a skirmish of the following year marks the end of the first campaign. They belong to t...

Karl Ludwig, Elector Palatine, 1617-1680

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