Raths-Befrangung an das oraculum durch die Potentaten auf Erden zu wissen ob der von Gott gegebene Prinz von Wallis.

Author

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Publication Date

1688

Document Type

Book Page

Comments

Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Foreign Language B1F27

Format

.tif

Extent

38 pages ; 20 cm (4to)

Page Number

10023

Description

[“Council inquiry to the Oraculum by the potentates of the earth, to determine whether the God-given Prince of Wales was a changeling, or if he was the legitimate son?”] Whitehall; Translated from the English to French, and from the French into High German; printed in the year 1688. Regarding the conflict over the legitimacy of the son of James II, James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766). When he was born, a rumor was spread (by supporters of the Williamites, or supporters of William III) that James F.E. Stuart was a changeling smuggled into the birth chamber after the true heir was stillborn. Although this rumor was most likely untrue, it persisted throughout his life.