Note 249 — APPENDIX B CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN PRINCESS SOPHIA DOROTHEA AND COUNT KÖNIGSMARCK IN THE ROYAL SECRET ARCHIVES OF STATE AT BERLIN (continued 2)
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Von Reden was Chamberlain to the Electress Sophia. ‘Hortense’ is the Abbé Hortensio Mauro, mentioned in Chapter III. In her letters, the Electress often refers to him as ‘Ortence.’