I am glad I can finally do something for you Nellie as you Put an incredible amount of energy and expertise into your answers on this board!!!!
Also thank you Board Administrator for this wonderful venue. --Previous Message-- : : Thank you TMN. Much appreciated. : : --Previous Message-- : Queen Charlotte told Miss Burney (her woman : of : the bedchamber) in 1786 : : "...We have Protestant nunneries in : Germany. I belonged to one which was under : Imperial protection; there is one for royal : families- : one for the noblesse" : : She was "Sophie Charlotte P.v.M. : Chanoinesse de l'abbaye libre Imperiale de : Hervorden" : : I believe one of the daughters of the Winter : Queen, Elizabeth of Bohemia also joined this : convent. : : Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick the Elector : Palatine (King of Bohemia, where the Czech : republic now lies) and Elizabeth Stuart : (daughter of James I of England) : : "The convent was that of Herford in : Westphalia, reformed during the 16th century : and prominent among foundations of its kind : until its secularization in 1803. Princess : Sophie Charlotte and Princess Christiane : (her sister) had both been invested as : Canonesses of Herford on 7 March : 1760....." : : : all taken from Olwen Hedley's "Queen : Charlotte" and the passages I copied : here can be found on page 29. : : : :
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