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The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian succession

Note 73 — III THE DUCHESS SOPHIA (HANOVER, OSNABRÜCK, AND HANOVER, 1658-1688)

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In a series of articles in the Revue des Deux Mondes, beginning October 15th, 1906, entitled Madame, Mère du Régent, M. Arvé de Barine takes great pains to show that in estimating the Duchess of Orleans’ censure of the state of morals at the French Court we should remember that she might have found a good deal to complain of nearer her parental home.

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