The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I: Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von
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The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I: Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.
Pöllnitz, Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von
Europe -- Description and travel; Saxony (Germany) -- Court and courtiers
Next to the Count _de Wartemberg_’s Tomb, is that of _Henrietta de
Pollnitz_, Wife to _Francis_ Count _de Duhamel_, the _Venetians_
Generalissimo. Her Husband dying in the _Morea_, this Lady return’d to
_Venice_, proposing to go and end her Days at _Berlin_, where she was
born; but while she was performing her Quarantain she died, after desiring
her Body to be carry’d to _Berlin_; which was accordingly done by two of
her Nephews, and one of her Nieces, whom she made her Heirs. There is also
the Tomb of the Count _de Denhoff_, Lieutenant-General of the King’s
Armies, Knight of his Order of the Black Eagle, Minister of State,
Governour of _Memel_, and Ambassador at the Treaty of _Utrecht_, where he
acquired a high Reputation among the foreign Ministers. The Marshal _de
Villars_, who had known him at _Vienna_, when he the Marshal resided there
in the quality of Minister, to take care of the Affairs of _France_, said
to me one day, speaking of the Count _de Denhoff_, that the King of
_Prussia_ cou’d not do enough to reward the Count’s great Merit. _If he
wou’d have been rul’d by me_, added he, _he wou’d have been in the Service
of the King my Master_.
The second Street that crosses the Street _Royale_, is the _Jews_ Street,
which runs into the Square _Molcke-Marck_; where the Hotel _de Schwerin_
makes a fine Appearance. Within a few Houses lower down, there’s a
Manufactory of Gold and Silver Lace, which one _Schindler_ has established
with good success: This House belong’d to the Wife of M. _de Wensen_,
Marshal of the Court to King _Frederic_ I. but she resign’d it as part of
Payment of a Fine, to which her Husband had been condemn’d by the Count
_de Wartemberg_, then prime Minister; who confin’d M. _Wensen_ in
_Custrin_ Castle, because he had presum’d to represent to the King that
the Table of the prime Minister, which was served by his Majesty’s Cooks
and Butlers, was more expensive than his Majesty’s own Table. _Wensen_
however, upon the Payment of this Fine, obtain’d his Liberty, and was
banish’d to his Lands in the Dutchy of _Zell_.
In the middle of _Molcke-Marck_ is the Statue of _Frederic_ I. Father to
the present King, with a Crown on his Head, and a royal Mantle on his
Shoulders. The Statue was cast by order of _Frederic_ I. himself, who
intended to have it plac’d in the Court of the Arsenal; but dying before
it cou’d be brought about, the King his Son caus’d it to be set up where
it now stands, which is indeed a much better Place for it.
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