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Collection	Correspondence of Foreign Royal Families
Reference	GEO/MAIN/51607-51609
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, Duchess of Württemberg, to George III on the French demand for 6 million florins from the Duchy, the callous behaviour of the Austrians and the parlous situation in which she and the Duke are placed.
Date	28 July 1800
Writer	Württemberg, Charlotte, Princess Royal, Duchess of (1766-1828)
Addressee	George III, King
Description	The Duchess reports that the French threaten to burn all the Duke's house, lay waste to his estates and send troops into the Duchy if they are not paid; the Duke has used all his money to pay the first instalment and hopes to raise a loan in England, while she wishes to sell her jewellery; the Austrians have abandoned them and broken their treaty, and she begs her father to intervene for the Duchy in Vienna.
Place Of Writing	Erlangen
Language	English
Extent	1 document (6 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers, mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall "The later correspondence of George III", vol. 3, 1798-1801, 2206.
Level	Item

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