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AWM.744.005
16-23 Feb 1744:21, 22 (1259)
Hanover, Nov. 1. Princess Louisa, who is now Prince Royal
of Denmark, arrived here on the 29th ult. The next day,
being his Majesty's birth-day, he received the compliments
of the court on that occasion in the morning, and at six in
the evening of the same day, the marriage of her Royal
Highness was celebrated in the Chapple of the court. . . [7
lines, proxy marriage] Baron de Frisberg read the
procuration to the Duke of Cumberland [the Princess's
brother], after which M. Lonigfirm, Chaplain of the court,
solemnized the marriage with the usual ceremony, Te Deum was
afterwards performed, attended by a concert of trumpets,
kettle-drums, and other instruments of musick, and a tripple
discharge of all the artillery on our ramparts. At the
return of the Princess of Denmark to the castle, the King
gave her his blessing, and the lords and ladies of the court
were permitted to pay their compliments to her in her bed-
chamber, where her toilette was set out with all the fine
cloaths and jewels given her by his Majesty on this
occasion. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cumberland, and his sister, made a tour to Herenhausen, and
in the evening there was an opera, and a masquerade at the
castle, with a ball, which lasted till morning.
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