Charlotte Sentence Examples

Experiments in steam navigation were carried out in 1802 with the "Charlotte Dundas" on the Forth and Clyde Canal at Grangemouth.

Almost his first act on ascending the throne was publicly to insult his consort, the amiable Charlotte Amelia of Hesse-Cassel, by introducing into court, as his officially recognized mistress, Amelia Moth, a girl of sixteen, the daughter of his former tutor, whom he made countess of Samsd.

In 1817 the death of Princess Charlotte (only child of the prince regent, afterwards George IV., and wife of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, afterwards king of the Belgians), had left the ultimate succession to the throne of England, in the younger generation, so uncertain that the three unmarried sons of George III., the dukes of Clarence (afterwards William IV.),.

Prince Leopold still lived at this time at Claremont, where Princess Charlotte had died, and this became the duchess of Kent's occasional English home; but she was much addicted to travelling, and spent several months every year in visits to watering-places.

He ordered her to be admitted, asked her the names of the deputies then at Caen, and, after writing their names, said, "They shall be soon guillotined," when the young girl, whose name was Charlotte Corday, stabbed him to the heart.

Jeffrey's wife had died in 1805, and in 1810 he became acquainted with Charlotte, daughter of Charles Wilkes of New York, and great-niece of John Wilkes.

Maximilian now turned for support to the Mexican clericals; meditated abdication, but was dissuaded by his wife Charlotte, the daughter of Leopold I.

His first wife died in 1781 without leaving issue, and he married in the following year Charlotte, youngest daughter of William, Viscount Courtenay; but her only son died in childhood.

But several powers were arrayed against him - the duke of Savoy, who claimed the island on the strength of the marriage of his son Louis to Charlotte, the only legitimate daughter of John II., 2 the Genoese, and the pope.

The town preserves associations of Goethe, who wrote Die Leiden des jungen Werthers after living here in 1772 as a legal official, and of Charlotte Buff, the Lotte of Werther.

His relations with Madame de Stael became more and more difficult, and in 1808 he secretly married Charlotte von Hardenberg, whom he had known at Brunswick, and whose divorce from her second husband, General Dutertre, he had secured.

His second wife, Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705), sister of the English king George I., was the friend of Leibnitz and one of the most cultured princesses of the age; she bore him his only son, his successor, King Frederick William I.

He married his cousin Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759-1818), but their only child, Carl Adolf, duke of Vermland, died in infancy (1798).

Charlotte was settled about 1750 and was incorporated in 1768.

Charlotte was occupied in September 1780 by Cornwallis, who left it after learning of the battle of King's Mountain, and subsequently it became the principal base and rendezvous of General Greene.

Charles, lonely, ill, and evidently near death, now summoned to Florence his natural daughter, Charlotte Stuart, the child of Clementina Walkinshaw, born at Liege in October 1753 and hitherto neglected by the prince.

Charlotte Stuart, who was declared legitimate and created duchess of Albany, tended her father for the remaining years of his life, during which she contrived to reconcile the two Stuart brothers, so that in 1785 Charles returned to Rome, where he died in the old Palazzo Muti on the 30th of January 1788.

His daughter Charlotte survived her father less than two years, dying unmarried at Bologna in November 1789, at the early age of thirty-six.

The Palace of Charlottenborg, on the east side, which takes its name from Charlotte, the wife of Christian V., is a huge sombre building, built in 1672.

It was then offered to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, widower of the princess Charlotte of England, and accepted by him.

It was for this reason that the name of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the widower of Princess Charlotte of England, had not been placed among the candidates in January.

His Discours sur les passions, de l'amour, a striking and characteristic piece, not very long since discovered and printed, has also been assigned to this period, and has been supposed to indicate a hopeless passion for Charlotte de Roannez, the duke's sister.

In February of the following year he married Charlotte von Lengefeld.

It is bounded on the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and is separated from the mainland of the province by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound.

A partially submerged range of mountains, which has been termed the Vancouver Range, runs parallel to the coast of British Columbia; a portion of this range forms Vancouver Island, and it again rises above the level of the sea farther north, forming the Queen Charlotte Islands.

Mr Shaw married in 1898 Miss Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend.

Almost the first step in his public career outside his native district was the presenta - tion of a service of his improved cream-coloured earthenware to Queen Charlotte in 1762.

It was named by Captain Dixon, who visited the islands in the "Queen Charlotte" in 1787.

Wetzlar brought new friends and another passion, that for Charlotte Buff, the daughter of the Amtmann there - a love-story which has been immortalized in Werthers Leiden - and again the young poet's nature was obsessed by a love which was this time strong enough to bring him to the brink of that suicide with which the novel ends.

A formal betrothal took place, and the beauty of the lyrics which Lili inspired leaves no room for doubt that here was a passion no less genuine than that for Friederike or Charlotte.

As Friederike had fitted into the background of Goethe's Strassburg life, Lotte into that of Wetzlar, and Lili into the gaieties of Frankfort, so now Charlotte von Stein, the wife of a Weimar official, was the personification of the more aristocratic ideals of Weimar society.

The alliance with Savoy was sealed by the marriage of Louis with Charlotte, daughter of Duke Lodovico, in 1452, in spite of the formal prohibition of Charles VII.

In 1521 Francois (2) acquired a claim on the kingdom of Naples by his marriage with Anne de Laval, daughter of Charlotte of Aragon.

Drama has rarely flourished in Sweden, but several of the poets mentioned above have written important plays, and, somewhat earlier, the socialistic problempieces of Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler, duchess of Cajanello (1849-1893), possessed considerable dramatic talent, working under a direct impulse from Ibsen; but her greatest gift was as a novelist.

By Barbara Villiers, Mrs Palmer, afterwards countess of Castlemaine and duchess of Cleveland, mistress en titre till she was superseded by the duchess of Portsmouth, he had Charles Fitzroy, duke of Southampton and Cleveland, Henry Fitzroy, duke of Grafton, George Fitzroy, duke of Northumberland, Anne, countess of Sussex, Charlotte, countess of Lichfield, and Barbara, a nun; by Louise de Keroualle, duchess of Portsmouth, Charles Lennox, duke of Richmond; by Lucy Walter, James, duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, and a daughter; by Nell Gwyn, Charles Beauclerk, duke of St Albans, and James Beauclerk; by Catherine Peg, Charles Fitz Charles, earl of Plymouth; by Lady Shannon, Charlotte, countess of Yarmouth; by Mary Davis, Mary Tudor, countess of Derwentwater.

From 1853 to 1859 he was in Liverpool, on the staff of the Northern Daily Times, during which period he married (in March 1855) Miss Charlotte Allman.

They include the custom house (1812) in the Grecian style; Trinity House (1817), also Grecian, containing Sir Henry Raeburn's portrait of Admiral Lord Duncan, David Scott's "Vasco da Gama Rounding the Cape" and other paintings; the markets (1818); the town hall (1828), with an Ionic façade on Constitution Street and a Doric porch on Charlotte Street; the corn exchange (1862) in the Roman style; the assembly rooms; exchange buildings; the public institute (1867) and Victoria public baths (1899).

The death of Marat, who was stabbed by Charlotte Corday to avenge the Girondins, gave yet another pretext for terrible measures of repression.

Fleeing from the paternal wrath which he had drawn down upon himself by his ambition and by his unauthorized marriage with Charlotte of Savoy, the future Louis XI.

There are four other towns - on the west coast Gouyave, or Charlotte Town, and 4 m.

At Strassburg in 1788 he met Charlotte de Boecklin, who initiated him into the writings of Jacob Boehme, and inspired in his breast a semi-romantic attachment.

Two of the three daughters, Harriett Elizabeth and Jemima Charlotte, married brothers, Thomas and John Mozley; and Anne Mozley, a daughter of the latter, edited in 1892 Newman's Anglican Life and Correspondence, having been entrusted by him in 1885 with an autobiography written in the third person to form the basis of a narrative of the first thirty years of his life.

In 1815 he was with the Allies in Paris, and in the following year set out on the grand tour, visiting Moscow and the western provinces of Russia, Berlin (where his engagement to Princess Charlotte Louise, daughter of Frederick William III., was arranged) and England, where his handsome presence and charming address created a profound impression.'

On the r /r3th of July 1817 took place at St Petersburg his marriage to Princess Charlotte (Alexandra Feodorovna), the beginning of those intimate relations between the courts of Berlin and St Petersburg which were later to become of great international importance.

Dr. Charlotte Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in biological anthropology at the University of Bradford.

For example, Charlotte opens a trendy boutique selling clothes aimed at the young adult.

According to the Sunday Mirror, Charlotte Church has had a blazing row with her rugby star boyfriend Gavin Henson over his late-night partying.

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Since Charlotte, no consort to a British monarch has married or become queen below the age of 18.

Charlotte always arranges everything in our house and rules us like a despot.

Charlotte Bronte extolled the " blossom blanched orchard trees whose boughs droop like white garlands " while Jane Austen praised the bountiful apple tree.

Much loved wife of Les and loving mom of Jill and son-in-law Andrew, dearest gran to Sophie and Charlotte.

I met my sister, Charlotte, who was working as a Volunteer for the Cinema, tearing tickets and selling ice cream.

Charlotte Jones's new play follows a Halloween party which is hijacked by interference from the past.

Charlotte Patch and Billy Richardson were crowned as the May Day queen and prince while energetic revelers danced around the decorated maypole.

In 1790 he was signal midshipman on board the Queen Charlotte with Lord Howe, by whom he was made lieutenant 3 Nov. 1790.

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Back-row blogger on... comparing artists Isn't a ' compare and contrast ' approach to art rather reductive, asks Charlotte Higgins.

The last ride we went on was the second biggest roller coaster in the park, I went on with Charlotte.

Charlotte is currently not receiving any sedative or regular analgesic medication.

The act establishing the town of Charlottesville was passed by the Assembly of Virginia in November 1762, when the name Charlottesville (in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III.) first appeared.

He found Carlotta of Naples in France, and having again tried to win her over in vain, he had to content himself with Charlotte d'Albret, sister of the king of Navarre (May 1499).

In 1799, however, he consented to serve again in his State legislature, where he wished to combat the Virginia Resolutions; he never took his seat, since he died, on his Red Hill estate in Charlotte county, Virginia, on the 6th of June of that year.

Andre's sombre rage against the course of events found vent in the line on the Maenads who mutilated the king's Swiss Guard, and in the Ode d Charlotte Corday congratulating France that "Un scelerat de moins rampe dans cette fange."

The assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday only served to increase the unpopularity of the Girondists and to seal their fate.

The next year he visited Hanover and Berlin, and was again graciously received by the electress and her daughter Sophia Charlotte, queen of Prussia, the "Serena" of the Letters published on his return to England (1704).

They include the custom house (1812) in the Grecian style; Trinity House (1817), also Grecian, containing Sir Henry Raeburn's portrait of Admiral Lord Duncan, David Scott's "Vasco da Gama Rounding the Cape" and other paintings; the markets (1818); the town hall (1828), with an Ionic façade on Constitution Street and a Doric porch on Charlotte Street; the corn exchange (1862) in the Roman style; the assembly rooms; exchange buildings; the public institute (1867) and Victoria public baths (1899).

Back-row blogger on... comparing artists Is n't a ' compare and contrast ' approach to art rather reductive, asks Charlotte Higgins.

The Monster Under My Bed by Charlotte Allen (aged 11) There is a monster under my bed a mysterious shadowy monster.

But before they arrive a woman with a superficial resemblance to Charlotte arrives at his door.

Charlotte Wenham is a busy mother of two young boys, with a background in ER nursing.

Charlotte talked about this product with LoveToKnow.

Obviously, no one is suggesting that comic books are on par with literary classics like Black Beauty, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or Charlotte's Web.

Charlotte Kaye - Charlotte Kay has loads of accessories to complete your design.

Safari Gifts - Although you're unlikely to find the bigger pieces you want here, like Charlotte Kay, this is a great website for all of the finishing touches you need.

LoveToKnow Teens editor Charlotte Gerber interviewed Susan Ireland, author of the Complete Idiot's Guide to Cool Jobs for Teens.

To learn more about self harm, LoveToKnow Teens editor, Charlotte Gerber, interviewed Dr. Alvera Milberg, a clinical and school psychologist with experience in treating this disorder.

For girls, popular clothing sites include Alloy.com (an online-only retailer with a free mail catalog), Delias.com (with location in select malls nationwide) and Charlotte Russe.

Charlotte Russe has inexpensive, hip clothing, from dresses to casual wear.

In 2010, Michael's majority ownership of the Charlotte Bobcats made him the first NBA player to become the majority owner of an NBA team.

She can be heard in The Ant Bully and is the voice of the spider in Charlotte's Web, now playing in theaters.

With his deep melodic voice and youthful good looks, Groban has recorded with some of music's biggest names, including Charlotte Church, Nelly Furtado, and Ben Folds.

In 2004, she started dating Joel Madden, lead singer for the band Good Charlotte.

Joel Madden is the frontman for the pop/punk/post-grunge group Good Charlotte.

Fantasia Barrino purchased the Charlotte, North Carolina home for an estimated $1.3 million in March of 2007.

Maybe it was the romance of Valentine's Day that turned Perry's heart aflutter for the heavily tatted Good Charlotte front man, or maybe it was the drink.

Like many young celebrities, the Richie/Madden family decided to announce their news on the Good Charlotte website.

In addition to her portrayal of Charlotte Adams, the female lead, Lovato also contributed songs to the soundtrack for the show.

Since 2006, however, Richie has been in a relationship with Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden.

I play Charlotte, an albino koala bear, who desperately wants to leave her home and head for Hollywood to become a makeup artist, or to find any kind of glamorous Hollywood job assisting the stars.

Stores such as Charlotte Russe and Windsor are popular places to find prom and party attire, and these stores size easily for teenage girls.

Duke University in Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina, offers two versions of a paralegal certification program, a classroom-based version and an online global program.

Barbara's Canine Catering, the website belonging to the Canine Café and Bakery in Charlotte, North Carolina, offers lots of fresh tempting dog treats including a five pound holiday gift basket filled with yummy treats.

The foothills encompass such popular destinations as Charlotte and Winston-Salem.

A sister community is located in Charlotte.

If you are driving to Greenville, the city is located along interstate eighty-five and is about a two-hour drive from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Carowinds was the brain child of Charlotte, NC, businessman Earl Patterson Hall.

Carowinds was designed to be one piece of a larger resort complex that would straddle the state borders, from Charlotte, NC, to Fort Mill, SC.

The owners of both antique stores are members of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce.

Charlotte Mason was a British educator who lived during the late 19th and early twentieth centuries.

Why were Charlotte Mason's methods so popular?

In the Charlotte Mason method, lessons are brief.

In the Charlotte Mason method, students learn to spell by reviewing passages from great literature.

Foreign language lessons are another important aspect of the Charlotte Mason method, stressing the hearing and speaking of a foreign language before progressing toward reading and writing.

From reading the Bible aloud to art appreciation, the Charlotte method embraces all aspects of knowledge in hopes of creating a well-educated individual.

Charlotte Mason's method of teaching eventually faded into obscurity until Susan Schaeffer Macauley wrote the book For the Children's Sake in 1987.

Ambleside Online provides a complete schedule and links to online resources for those families who wish to use the Charlotte Mason method.

From Classical to Charlotte Mason - each philosophy often offers its own version of the idea curriculum guide.

Ambleside Online is one of many Charlotte Mason curriculum guides.

Parents that want a strictly Charlotte Mason education can log in and follow the suggested curriculum - all for free.

This book is noted in particular for taking the ideas of Charlotte Mason and bringing them into the 21st century.

Ambleside Online - fans of the Charlotte Mason method will want to visit this site that offers a free online curriculum and support group.

Narration is a Charlotte Mason inspired learning tool whereby kids offer back to you, in their own words, what's happening with a given piece of literature.

Ambleside Online is a Charlotte Mason style curriculum.

This curriculum would be a great source of project ideas for those following a Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, or similarly nature-inspired curriculum.

If you love the Charlotte Mason method and philosophy, and have used it successfully through elementary school, there is no reason to change during the high school years.

It is imperative that you have an understanding of the Charlotte Mason (CM) philosophy of education or you will not be able to guide your student through the high school years effectively.

This makes it very easy to figure credits for the Charlotte Mason method, or any other, just by keeping a log of how many hours were spent on a subject each day.

With a little determination and some research, you can continue to use the Charlotte Mason method through high school by using living books, journaling and field trips.

Kristin Davis is best known for her role as Charlotte York in Sex and the City.

Charlotte Russe has bubble dresses, animal print, sequins, and more.

The Charlotte dress, $55 and available in sizes S-XXL, is the perfect Spring dress, incorporating vibrant florals and a navy skirt.

Played by Thomas Haden Church, the actor has a background in voice work (such as Charlotte's Web) and TV.

Ben's great grandfather Thomas Gates was the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence and the clue that "the secret lives with Charlotte" has been passed down through the Gates family.

Charlotte Russe carries a few specialized granny boot styles that hit at the mid-calf and employ a special buckle detail to keep them secure on the leg.

Charlotte Russe's shoe designs, in general, are more trendy and youth-oriented than many other brands, although you will need to be comfortable with purchasing pleather or man-made materials.

Vegans will enjoy shopping at Charlotte Russe for this reason.

The award-winning series starred Sarah Jessica Parker as glitterati Carrie Bradshaw, Kristen Davis as demure Charlotte York, Kim Cattrall as sexpot Samantha Jones and Cynthia Nixon as workaholic Miranda Hobbes.

His affair with Charlotte Chandler produced son Ross Chandler.

Their sister Charlotte is the mother of Ross Chandler.

Cooper and Charlotte develop a tempestuous relationship.

A new practice, run by Charlotte, starts up in the same building.

As Sam and Naomi start to realize being friends doesn't work for them, Cooper and Charlotte's relationship intensifies.

In 1987, Henrik and Charlotte Jorst came to the United States determined to fulfill the dream of owning their own business.

It's from this village that Skagen (Skagen Designs, Ltd.) founders, Henrik and Charlotte Jorst, received their inspiration.

Officials announced plans to add the New York Majesty to the league and Mitchell Mortaza announced that he will be bringing the LFL to North Carolina in 2010 with his expansion team, the Charlotte Crush.

With both soon to be added New York Majesty and Charlotte Crush being in the east, it's unclear as to how the league will decide on which team will go to which conference.

Brick and mortar stores include Victoria's Secret, Frederick's of Hollywood and smaller chains like Rue 21, Forever 21 and Charlotte Russe for bras, camis, panties and boyshorts.

Even fun little casual clothing shops like Rue 21, Forever 21, and Charlotte Russe offer a selection of strapless bras.

Charlotte Russe sometimes carries camo lingerie, and they'll always be on-trend.

If you want to experiment with Charlotte Russe pieces, be sure to mark time off your schedule to visit a store in person, where they have great clearance sales.

Good Charlotte lyrics let you sing along with your favorite pop punk band.

Although Good Charlotte released a self-titled album in 2000, it wasn't until 2002's The Young and the Hopeless that the band burst into the public consciousness.

Aaron Escolopio and Chris Wilson are former members of the band, part of a steady stream of drummers that have played with Good Charlotte.

Fans can visit the official Good Charlotte website for all the latest news on the band, along with music, videos, photos, and forums.

Good Charlotte has released four albums, along with a number of additional tracks from soundtracks, acoustic takes, compilation discs, and live performances.

This list, organized by album, will help you find the Good Charlotte lyrics you crave.

When looking through the most popular music sites for downloads, you'll find that the core selection typically caters to mainstream music, like that sung by Good Charlotte.

Her first recurring role came in early 2007, when she was cast as Charlotte Adams in the Disney Channel series As the Bell Rings.

The action on the reality show centers on Fantasia's Charlotte, NC, home that she shared with several members of her family.

Also, South Carolina contacted us regarding water for its residents in Charlotte.

On the accession of the latter to the throne, Andrew Stone was appointed treasurer to Queen Charlotte, and attaching himself to Lord Bute he became an influential member of the party known as "the king's friends," whose meetings were frequently held at his house.

In 1591 he obtained a dispensation from the vows of the order of Malta, and married Charlotte, daughter of Henry, Marshal d'Amville, afterwards duke of Montmorency.

At the end of 1709 he went to Dresden for twelve months for finishing lessons in French and German, mathematics and fortification, and, his education completed, he was married, greatly against his will, to the princess Charlotte of BrunswickWolfenbiittel, whose sister espoused, almost simultaneously, the heir to the Austrian throne, the archduke Charles.

He wrote a pitiful reply to his father, offering to renounce the succession in favour of his baby half-brother Peter, who had been born the day after the princess Charlotte's funeral.

Carteret discovered the Charlotte and Gloucester Islands, and Pitcairn Island on the 2nd of July 1767; revisited the Santa Cruz group, which was discovered by Mendafia and Quiros; and discovered the strait separating New Britain from New Ireland.

At the north end stands Fort Charlotte, erected by Cromwell, repaired in 1665 by Charles II.

A branch mint of the United States was established in 1837 at Charlotte.

The principal cities are Wilmington, Charlotte, Asheville, Raleigh (the capital), Greensboro, Winston and Newbern.

Several aged men also testified that they had heard a declaration of_independence read at Charlotte, the county-seat, in May 1775; and one of them stated that he had carried it to the Continental Congress.

To this ' The 10th of May has been made a holiday in North Carolina, and the date appears on the state flag and the state seal; and a statue has been erected at Charlotte in memory of the signers of the " Declaration."

The royal party included, beside the king and queen, their daughter Marie Therese Charlotte (Madame Royale), the king's sister Madame Elisabeth, the valet Clery and others.

Charlotte Walpole (c. 1785-1836), an English actress who married in 1779 Sir Edward Atkyns, and spent most of her life in France.

In the same year he married Charlotte I'Ans, a lady much older than himself.

Caloosahatchee river, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico near Charlotte Harbour, is its principal outlet.

She had thirteen children - Frederick Henry, drgwned at sea in 1629; Charles Louis, elector palatine, whose daughter married Philip, duke of Orleans, and became the ancestress of the elder and Roman Catholic branch of the royal family of England; Elizabeth, abbess and friend of Descartes; Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, who died unmarried; Louisa, abbess; Edward, who married Anne de Gonzaga, "princesse palatine," and had children; Henrietta Maria, who married Count Sigismund Ragotzki but died childless; Philip and Charlotte, who died childless; Sophia, who married Ernest Augustus, elector of Hanover, and was mother of George I.

It contains the principal public buildings, and some interesting old forts, dating from the middle and close of the 18th century, though the subterranean works below Fort Charlotte are attributed to an earlier period.

In 1816 it was the residence of Princess Charlotte, wife of Prince (afterwards King) Leopold.

Having lost his elder son in 1789 Louis left two children, Louis Charles, usually known as Louis XVII., and Marie Therese Charlotte (1778-1851), who married her cousin, Louis, duke of Angouleme, son of Charles X., in 1799.

Other churches having historical associations are the two Greyfriars churches, which occupy the two halves of one building; Tron church, the scene of midnight hilarity at the new year; St Cuthbert's church; St Andrew's church in George Street, whence set out, on a memorable day in 1843, that long procession of ministers and elders to Tanfield Hall which ended in the founding of the Free Church; St George's church in Charlotte Square, a good example of the work of Robert Adam.

At the west end of George Street, in the centre of Charlotte Square, stands the Albert Memorial, an equestrian statue of the prince consort, with groups at each of the four angles of the base.

In 1714 he set out to seek his fortune in Russia, and unsuccessfully solicited a place at the shabby court of the princess Sophia Charlotte, the consort of the tsarevich Alexius.

The French king's brother, Philip, duke of Orleans, had married Charlotte Elizabeth, a sister of the late elector Charles, and consequently the French king claimed a part of Charles's lands in 1680.

Of his daughters, the princess Charlotte was married to Bernard, hereditary prince of Meiningen; the princess Victoria to Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe; the princess Sophie to the duke of Sparta, crown prince of Greece; and the princess Margaretha to Prince Friedrich Karl of Hesse.

For a time the emperor's remonstrances had some effect, and after the birth of her daughter, Marie Therese Charlotte (afterwards duchesse d'Angouleme) in December 1778, the queen lived a more quiet life.

His unfortunate first marriage with his cousin Charlotte Frederica of MecklenburgSchwerin was dissolved in 1810.

In 1609 he caused the prince of Conde to marry Charlotte de Montmorency, whom shortly of ter Conde was obliged to save from the king's persistent gallantry by a hasty flight, first to Spain and then to Italy.

On the 22nd of October 1715 Alexius' consort, the princess Charlotte, died, after giving birth to a son, the grand-duke Peter, afterwards Peter II.

From 1594 to 1641 the duchy remained vested in the French family of La Tour d'Auvergne, one of whom (Henry, viscount of Turenne and marshal of France) had married in 1591 Charlotte de la Marck, the last of her race.

He was the second son of Emmanuel Scrope Howe, 2nd Viscount Howe, who died governor of Barbadoes in March 1735, and of Mary Sophia Charlotte, a daughter of the baroness Kilmansegge, afterwards countess of Darlington, the mistress of George I.

The earldom, and the viscounty of the United Kingdom, being limited to heirs male, became extinct, but the barony, being to heirs general, passed to his daughter, Sophia Charlotte (1762-1835), who married the Hon.