Celebrated Claimants: Ancient and ModernChatto, 1873 - 255 páginas |
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... eldest son , having married the daughter of the Earl of Rutland , and having been constituted heir of all his father's English real property , and a great part of his Irish estates , the old earl became desirous of establish- ing a ...
... eldest son , having married the daughter of the Earl of Rutland , and having been constituted heir of all his father's English real property , and a great part of his Irish estates , the old earl became desirous of establish- ing a ...
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... eldest succeeded to the title on his father's decease ; but notwithstanding the multiplicity of heirs - male , and the chances of a prolonged existence , the title lapsed in 1789 , on the death of Francis , the tenth earl , who never ...
... eldest succeeded to the title on his father's decease ; but notwithstanding the multiplicity of heirs - male , and the chances of a prolonged existence , the title lapsed in 1789 , on the death of Francis , the tenth earl , who never ...
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... play - and Louis of Bavaria , then possess- ing the empire , presented the electorate to his own eldest son as a vacant fief of Germany . The change 82 CELEBRATED CLAIMANTS . THE COUNTERFEIT VOLDEMAR, ELECTOR REBOK OF BRANDENBURG, PAGB.
... play - and Louis of Bavaria , then possess- ing the empire , presented the electorate to his own eldest son as a vacant fief of Germany . The change 82 CELEBRATED CLAIMANTS . THE COUNTERFEIT VOLDEMAR, ELECTOR REBOK OF BRANDENBURG, PAGB.
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... eldest sister was first summoned , and she , after a momentary glance , ran to the new comer and embraced him , crying , as the report goes , " Oh , my brother Martin Guerre , I acknowledge the error into which this abominable traitor ...
... eldest sister was first summoned , and she , after a momentary glance , ran to the new comer and embraced him , crying , as the report goes , " Oh , my brother Martin Guerre , I acknowledge the error into which this abominable traitor ...
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... eldest , after living to the age of thirty- two , died also . When this Isaac , who has just been mentioned , was a lad of fifteen , his mother died , and in her will constituted him her heir , at the same time bequeathing legacies to ...
... eldest , after living to the age of thirty- two , died also . When this Isaac , who has just been mentioned , was a lad of fifteen , his mother died , and in her will constituted him her heir , at the same time bequeathing legacies to ...
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afterwards Altham Anne Allard appeared arrived Artemus Artemus Ward asserted birth brother brought Bruneau Charles child claim claimant cloth extra cloth gilt Comte de Chambord countess court Crawfurd Crown 8vo daughter dauphin death declared died Dimitri documents Douglas Dr Wilmot Duchess Duke of Cumberland Duke of Kent Edition England English Engravings estates evidence father favour Fcap France French friends gave George Gomin Hannah Lightfoot heir honours House of Lords Howard Hugh Smyth husband illustrated cover impostor Ireland James John John Sobieski Stuart king letters LONDON Louis XVI Madame Marchioness of Bath marriage married Martin Guerre Meves mother Naündorff Olive Wilmot paper person PICCADILLY Portrait possession pretender prince Princess prisoner proceeded Pugatscheff recognised returned Ryves Sebastian secret sent Serres sham Sieur de Caille sister story succeeded Temple throne tion told took Tower Verré Warwick wife William witnesses
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