. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . completely the har-bors of Dunkirk and Mardyke. In return the duke obtained the 40 THE ILEGENCy IN FRANCE. recoo-nition of his rieht to succeed to the throne in the event of thedeath of Louis XV., as well as the promise of an auxiliary force often thousand Englishmen and five tliousand Dutchmen, if he shouldbe attacked by any foreign power. The Triple Alliance strengthened at home and abroad only theposition of the regent. It was soon to have its solidarity tried ina great European Fig. 3. — Eli
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . completely the har-bors of Dunkirk and Mardyke. In return the duke obtained the 40 THE ILEGENCy IN FRANCE. recoo-nition of his rieht to succeed to the throne in the event of thedeath of Louis XV., as well as the promise of an auxiliary force often thousand Englishmen and five tliousand Dutchmen, if he shouldbe attacked by any foreign power. The Triple Alliance strengthened at home and abroad only theposition of the regent. It was soon to have its solidarity tried ina great European Fig. 3. — Elizabeth of Parma, Queen of Spain. (From a contemporarycopper-plate engraving.) In the beginning of the year 1716 Elizabeth Farnese (Fig. 3)had borne her husband a son. Don : and tliis son was soonfollowed by a second, Don Felipe. But since the king had sons byhis first marriage also, Elizabeth desired to provide kingdoms forher descendants outside of Spain. For this purpose she sought toavail lierself of the circumstance that the Emperor Charles VI. had PLATE ril.
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