891 - Europe - Netherlands - Investigation and Defense of the Rights of His Royal Majesty of Prussia Regarding the Counties of Meurs and Lingen, both with regard to dominion or ownership and to possession or holding, as well as the competent jurisdiction in these matters. The Hague, Raamazeyn, 1703. 92 pp. 30.5 x 19.5 cm. Contemporary paperback.

Europe - Netherlands - Investigation and Defense of the Rights of His Royal Majesty of Prussia Regarding the Counties of Meurs and Lingen, both with regard to dominion or ownership and to possession or holding, as well as the competent jurisdiction in these matters. The Hague, Raamazeyn, 1703. 92 pp. 30.5 x 19.5 cm. Contemporary paperback. Following the death of the childless King-Stadtholder William III of Orange in 1702, a fierce struggle erupted over his inheritance. The Prussian claim: Frederick I of Prussia, who (through his mother Louise Henriette of Nassau) was a grandnephew of William III, laid claim to the German possessions of the House of Orange, including the strategically located County of Moers. This treatise provides a detailed analysis of the Prussian king’s rights—both with regard to ownership and actual possession—as well as the competent jurisdiction in this matter. - Slightly discolored.