Luxemburg and her neighbours, a record of the political fortunes of the present Grand Duchy from the eve of the French Revolution to the great war, with a preliminary sketch of events from 963 to 1780 . as also connected with the sale ofLuxemburg as that cession was simpler if theidea of dowry were connected with it. Bothprojects were abandoned in 1407 perforce andElizabeth married Anthony of Brabant—a memberof the Burgundian family, then growing in import-ance. Wenzel promised her a dowry of 120,000Rhenish florins, but it was not convenient justthen to raise the money. Until it was paid, shea
Luxemburg and her neighbours, a record of the political fortunes of the present Grand Duchy from the eve of the French Revolution to the great war, with a preliminary sketch of events from 963 to 1780 . as also connected with the sale ofLuxemburg as that cession was simpler if theidea of dowry were connected with it. Bothprojects were abandoned in 1407 perforce andElizabeth married Anthony of Brabant—a memberof the Burgundian family, then growing in import-ance. Wenzel promised her a dowry of 120,000Rhenish florins, but it was not convenient justthen to raise the money. Until it was paid, sheand her husband were to hold the Duchy ofLuxemburg as security, enjoying sovereign rightsas Duke and Duchess and all revenues lawfullyaccruing to the ruler. Moreover if they found itconvenient to liquidate the debt to Josse of Mora-via, they were free to do so, thereby becomingactual instead of de facto sovereigns. In 1411,conditions were somewhat simplified by the deathof Josse—elected Emperor in 1410, after the deathof Rupert of the Palatinate, the immediate suc-cessor of the deposed Wenzel. His estates lapsedto Wenzel whose own heir was Sigismund. Elizabeth and Anthony were duly recognized. EARLIEST REPRESENTATIONS OF THE OSTRICH FEATHERS OF THEBLACK PRINCE. (Drawn on margin of three MSS. of John dArderne, c. 1370)
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