Note 64 — III THE DUCHESS SOPHIA (HANOVER, OSNABRÜCK, AND HANOVER, 1658-1688)
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According to the Duchess of Orleans (Elizabeth Charlotte), the Duchess Dorothea presented her, as a child, with two parrots, and the Duchess Sophia ordered her to give in return her dog Fidel. ‘This was, to the best of my belief, the only occasion in my life on which I ever obeyed you reluctantly; for my little dog was very near to my heart.’