18 October 1776
From the Memoirs of Baroness d'Oberkirch
On this day, the Prince of Montbéliard returns to Montbéliard after having escorted his wife and daughter, Princess Dorothea, to the Russian frontier ahead of the latter’s wedding. He assures the author, herself recently married and now pregnant, that her old friend has not forgotten her:
“The Duc Frédéric-Eugène…did not come back until 18 October. He re…
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