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France - Kings and rulers - Succession - Early works to 1800

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    Part of the Abbot de Vertot's dissertation upon the origine of the Salick laws , and, The question, Whether it be precisely in pursuance of Article LXII. Paragraph VI. That the Daughters of the Kings of France are excluded from the Succession to the Crown, examined. In four parts. The last containing a full Demonstration of King Edward's Right to the Crown of France, both by the degl'Intronari Salick Law, and by Precedents. By Peter Rival, One of His Majesty's Chaplains of the French Chapel at St. James's. Done into English from the French, by a Gentleman. Do not believe too easily. (law of the Academy [illegible] at Sienna.).

    Rival, Pierre, d. 1730. | Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]
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    The cruel massacre of the King & Queen of France. With the decree of the National Convention, in January, by which Louis was ordered to be beheaded, by the La Guillotine, or beheading machine, on which the Queen also suffered. ..

    | Date: [1793?]

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