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A27210	The present state of the universe, or, An account of I. The rise, births, names, matches, children, and near allies of all the present chief princes of the world, II. Their coats of arms, motto's, devises, liveries, religions, and languages, III. The names of their chief towns, with some computation of the houses and inhabitants ... IV. Their revenues to which are added some other curious remarks, as also an account of common-wealths, relating to the foregoing heads.	Beaumont, John, d. 1731.	1694 (1694)	Wing B1623; ESTC R13456	71,782	106

usurping King there after King Edwards death was by the unanimous consent of the Peerage of England Crowned King Now when King William the Conqueror's youngest Son Henry upon the death of his elder Brother William the Second who had succeeded his Father in the Kingdom came to the Crown which was An 1087. He married Matilda or Maud Daughter of Malcolm the Third King of Scotland by Margaret the Sister of Edgar Atheling right Heir of Edward the Confessor as being descended from King Edmund Ironside half Brother to King Edward the Confessor by their common Father King Ethelred and Grandfather to the abovenamed Edgar Atheling and Margaret And the said King Henry the First had by his Wife Matilda or Maud a Son who was cast away at Sea and a Daughter named Maud also the only Legitimate Issue that survived him born An. 1104. She was married first to the Emperour Henry the Fourth who had no Issue by her and after his death to Geoffry Plantagenet Earl of Anjou by whom she had a Son nam'd Henry the Second Now King Henry the First his Son being dead seeing this Daughter his only Legitimate Issue call'd a Parliament An. 1133. in which all the Lords of the Land took an Oath to be true to his Daughter Maud the Empress and her Heirs and acknowledge them as right Inheritors of the Crown And tho Stephen Earl of Bologne and Montagne Son of Stephen Earl of Blois by Adela third Daughter of the Conquerour was set up to the Crown by the working of Henry his Brother Bishop of Winchester after the death of King Henry the First against the undoubted right of the said Empress yet at length seeing his Children dead before him he secur'd the Succession to her Son Henry the Second who was Crown'd An. 1155. And from this Henry the Second in whom the Saxon Line was restored is Descended James the Second of the Royal House of the Stuarts late King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. who was born Oct. 14. 1633. His Majesty Espoused for his first Wife the Lady Ann Daughter to the late Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord Chancellor of England c. She died before he came to the Crown and brought him Issue four Sons and four Daughters but all dying young except two surviving Daughters The eldest is the Lady Mary born Apr. 30. 1662. and was married to William Henry Prince of Orange in London at S. James's Nov. 14. 1677. The said Prince being born on the 14. of the same month New Stile 1650 and restor'd to his Hereditary Dignity in the United Provinces An. 1672. concerning whom I shall say more beneath The second is the Lady Ann born Feb. 6 1664. And July 28. 1683. was Espoused to George Prince of Denmark only Brother to the present King of that Kingdom he was born An. 1653. or 1. he has had Issue by his Princess 1. William Duke of Gloucester born in July 1689. and three Children more viz. the Lady Mary the Lady Ann and another Princess who died in their Infancy His Majesty Nov. 21. 1673. took for his second Wife the Lady Mary-Eleanor-Beatrix D'Este late Queen of England still living who was born Sept. 25. 1658. being youngest Sister to Francisco D'Este the present Duke of Modena and Regio c. She was Crowned with his Majesty April 23. 1685. And his Majesty has had by her two Daughters and a Son who all died young before the year 1688. And as some say he has had a Son and a Daughter by her since still living Their Majesties reside at present at S. Germains in France and profess the Roman Religion His Majesty has Natural Issue by Madam Churchil two Sons and two Daughters all living in France The Sons go by the name of Fitz-James The eldest is Duke of Berwick the youngest is stiled Grand Prior of Ireland The eldest Daughter was married to the late Lord Waldegrave by whom he has Issue two Sons The other Daughter is unmarried Now as for William Henry of Nassaw Prince of Orange and now stiled William the Third King of Great Britain c. who married the Lady Mary eldest Daughter to King James as above They were Proclaim'd King and Queen of England France and Ireland the Executive Power in him Feb. 14. 1689. Proclaim'd King and Queen of Scotland April 11. of the same year His Majesty has as yet no Issue by his Queen Now as to the Rise of the House of Nassaw and Orange as it concerns King William I shall not seek to retrieve its Original but its certain it flourisht in the ninth Century and I shall only take notice that from Walram and Otto Sons of Henry surnam'd the Rich Earl of Nassau sprang two Capital Lines viz. that of Idstein afterwards call'd Sarepont from Walram and that of Dillenburg which now enjoys the Principality from Otto and therefore we shall confine ourselves singly to this Now John the Third who was the eighth of his Family Lineally descended from the said Otto inclusively had two Sons viz. Henry and William the Elder Henry was born An. 148● and from him the Principality of Orange Descended to King William As for William the Elder Brother to Henry he had a Son call'd John who dwelt in the Castle of Dillenburg and had twenty five Children of whom I shall note only four viz. John George Ernestus-Casimire and John-Lewis for from them sprang the several Lines of Siegen Dillenburg Diezen and Hademar on each of which the Emperour Ferdinand the Third in the Diet of Ratisbone March 3. 1654. conferr'd the honour of having a Voice and Seat among the Princes of the Empire As for a farther Genealogical account of these Families it may be had elsewhere To the Royal Family of England I must add Donna Catharina Infanta of Portugal Queen Dowager of England born at Villa Vicosa in Portugal Nov. 14. Old Stile An. 1638. and Espoused at Portsmouth by his late Majesty King Charles the Second in the month of May An. 1662. She being only Sister to Don Pedro of the House of Braganza the present King of that Kingdom She resides at present at Lisbon in Portugal Her original Jointure some settled by King Charles was 40000 l. per annum to which considerable additions have been since made Their Majesties have two Uncles living in England viz. the Earls of Clarendon and Rochester The Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal of England that are not excluded from the Succession of the Crown by the late Act of Parliament I. PRincess Ann of Denmark afore mention'd II. The Duke of Glocester of whom also see before III. Sophia Duchess of Hanover Daughter to Frederick the Fifth Elector and King of Bohemia Married to the Duke An. 1658. Her Children 1. George-Lewis born May 28. 1660. Who Nov. 1. 1682. Married Sophia-Dorothea only Daughter to the Duke of Zel by whom he has 1. George-Augustus born Oct. 30. 1683. 2. William-Ernestus born An. 1685. 2. Christian born Sept.

or Cities thence equally distant or to any one of twenty six Towns to Dinner and come home to Bed King Williams Pallace at Houstlardike built by Frederick-Henry of Nassau is esteem'd the most beautiful and stately of the seventeen Provinces IV. The Publick Revenues of the Netherlands coming all out of the Subjects Purses are computed to be seven millions of pounds Sterling In a Book Compos'd by a Dutchman Entituled The Depths of Spain the City of Amsterdam is said to have daily above fifty thousand Livers of Rent in Customs Assizes and Imposts The House of Denmark 1. THE Danes have had their peculiar Kings for many Ages past whom Historians generally distinguish by eight Periods The seventh of these Periods was that of the Suenonidae or English Danes so call'd from Sueno or Swaine Ethrick This Family ended An. 1448 upon the death of the last of them without Issue And the Danes elected Adolph Earl of Holstein for their King but he modestly declin'd it and earnestly recommended to their Choice Christian Count Oldenburg his Sisters Son who was thereupon elected and Crown'd King by the unanimous consent of all the Nobility As for the Original of the Family of Oldenburg it s too far buried in Antiquity for Historians to clear it however they say that toward the end of the tenth Century one Otho was Earl of Oldenburg who had a certain wonderful Horn given him by a Spirit or Apparition which is to be seen to this day in the Castle of Oldenburg Of this Family the present King of Denmark is descended tho the Monarchy continued Elective till the time of his Father Frederick the Third who was elected King of Denmark and Norway An. 1648. in whose Reign the Constitution of the Government was altered and the Monarchy was made Hereditary Christian the Fifth of the House of Oldenburg present King of Denmark Norway the Vandals Goths c. was born Apr. 18. 1646. Own'd Heir of the Crown of Denmark Jun. 12. 1650. ascended the Throne after the death of his Father which happened Feb. 19. 1670. Crown'd at Fredericksburg June 17. 1671. He espous'd May 18. 1667. Charlotta-Amalia Daughter to William the Sixth Landtgrave of Hesse she having been born Apr. 27. 1650. He has Issue by her living 1. Frederick born Oct. 21. 1671. 2. Christian born Oct. 18. or March 25. 1675. 3. Sophia-Hedewig born Aug. 28. 1677. 4. Christiana-Charlotta born Jan. 18. or 28. 1674. 5. Charles born Oct. 25. 1680. or 82. 6. William born 1684. The King of Denmark has but one Brother viz. Prince George of whom see in England His Sisters are as follows 1. Anna-Sophia married to the Elector of Saxony of whom see in Saxony 2. Frederica Amalia born 1648. and married An. 1667. to Christian-Albert Duke of Sleswick or Gottorp who was born Feb. 3. 1641. 3. Wilhelmina-Ernestina born 1650. the now Relict of Charles late Elector Palatine 4. Ulrica-Eleanora born 1656 and married to Charles the Eleventh the present King of Sueden May 16. 1680. Note That King Frederick the Third beside these Children left a Natural Son Ubrick-Frederick Count of Guldenlow the now Governour of Norway who by a certain Noble Lady is Father of Woldemar Baron of Lowenthal a Colonel in the Danish Forces Afterwards he took to Wife Antonia-Augusta Daughter to Anthony Count Oldenburg An. 1677. by whom he has many Children and among the rest Fredericus-Christianus The present King of Denmark has also several Natural Children by the Countess of Samsee To give an account of the chief Princes of the several Branches of the Royal House of Denmark you must note that they are divided into two Capital Lines viz. The Dukal Line of Holstein and the Dukal Line of Sleswick or Gottorp As for the Ducal Line of Holstein John Brother to Frederick the Second King of Denmark and Son to King Christian the Third who came to the Crown ann 1537 was the first Progenitor of it who being twice married became the Father of a numerous Issue which spread it self into the four Branches of Sunderburg Norburg Glucksburg and Ploen The present Duke of Holstein in Sunderburg is Christian Adolph born ann 1641 and now lives at Frantzhagen in Sax-Lawenburg which was his Wive's Portion together with his Son Prince Leopold Christian born 1678. There are of this Branch besides seventeen Princes alive The present Duke of Norburg is Christian-Augustus born 1639. The present Duke of Glucksburg is Christianus born 1627 who lives in the Castle of Glucksburg with his three Sons Philip-Ernestus born 1673. Joachim-Adolph born 1679 and Christian-Augustus born 1681. The present Duke of Ploen is Joannes Adolphus born 1634 and married ann 1674 to Dorothea Sophia eldest Daughter to Rudolphus-Augustus Duke of Wolfembuttel who was born Jan. 28. 1653. He has Issue by her two Sons living viz. Adolphus-Augustus born 1680 and Joannes-Ulricus born 1684. His youngest Brother Joachimus Ernestus born 1637 is General of the Spanish Horse in the Netherlands As for the Ducal Line of Sleswick or Gottorp the Author of it was Adolphus youngest Son to King Frederick the First born ann 1526. The present Duke is Christian-Albert born Feb. 3. 1641 and married 1667 to Frederica Amalia second Sister to the present King of Denmark who was born 1648 He has Issue by her 1. Sophia-Amalia born 1670. 2. Frederick born 1671. 3. Christianus-Augustus born 1673. 4. Maria-Elizabetha born 1678. II. The Shield of the Kings of Denmark is charged with many Marks of Possessions Pretensions and Alliances He bears party of three and Coupé of two which make twelve Quarters In the first Or Semé of Hearts Gules with three Lions passant-guardant placed one over the other Azure crowned langued and arm'd of the first which belongs to Denmark 2. Gules a Lion Rampant crowned and armed Or holding a Battle-Ax Argent hilted of the second for the Kingdom of Norway 3. Gules a Lion passant-guardant Or on nine Hearts of the same in Fesse for Gothland 4. Gules a Dragon crown'd Or for Schonen 5. Azure three Crowns Or for Sweden 6. Gules a Paschal Lamb Argent supporting a little Flag of the same marked with a Cross Gules for Gutland 7. Or two Lions passant-guardant Azure for Sleswick 8. Gules a Fish crown'd Argent for Iceland On these eight Quarters is a great Cross Argent which is the ancient Devise of the Kingdom since the Conversion of these People to the Faith of Christ On the Center of this Cross are placed the Arms of Dithmarsh which are Gules a Cavalier arm'd Argent In the ninth great Quarter Gules a Nettle Leaf spread at breadth and charged in the midst with a little Escutcheon the whole Argent for Holstein 10. Gules a Swan Argent gorged with a Crown Or for Stormaria 11. Gules two Fesses Or for Delmenhorst 12. Gules a Cross Pattee and Argent and Fitchee at the Foot for Oldenburg This Shield is environed with a Collar of the Order of the Elephant and bears for Crest a Crown flowered raised