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Secret agreement whereby the queen and the states general, in accordance with the...

Catalogue reference: SP 87/2/216

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SP 87/2/216
Date
1706 May 20
Description

Secret agreement whereby the queen and the states general, in accordance with the third secret article of the treaty of 1702, engage to the permanent cession of the fortress and bailiwick of Rheinfels to the landgrave of Hesse-Cassel in return for his supplying 9,000 to 10,400 troops for service in Italy. Signed Geldermalsen, Frederich Baron de Kettler and ?van Bourbole. ff. 438, 439

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
French
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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