Communion Blood
“I trust, Eminenza, you will take no offense when I tell you that I would hope to see my brother and your sister united before Advent. We are agreed, are we not, that finding ways to continue the bonds between Spain and the German and Austrian states is a most desirable end, for the Hapsburgs will no longer occupy the Spanish throne when your King dies, and unless marriages of this sort are made, the unity that has served our countries and our faith so well, could suffer. You and I know what per...ilous times we live in, and how necessary it is to preserve the bonds holding Spain and the German states in alliance. The French have necessitated the Pope founding the Holy League, for Louis has issued challenges to the Church that cannot be tolerated, nor shall it be.
I recognize it is in Oldenburg’s interest to have some link to the Spanish colonies in the New World; since few German states have colonies, the holdings of the Spanish have long been our link to the New World; it is a link we would not like to lose when the Spanish throne becomes vacant.MoreLess
I recognize it is in Oldenburg’s interest to have some link to the Spanish colonies in the New World; since few German states have colonies, the holdings of the Spanish have long been our link to the New World; it is a link we would not like to lose when the Spanish throne becomes vacant.MoreLess
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