[100] Feb. 1, 1736, she was marry'd to the Duke of Lorrain.
[101] There are but seven Archduchesses since 1730; the Emperor's third Daughter being dead.
[102] This great General who was born the 8th of October 1663, O. S. died on the 10th of April 1736, O. S. so suddenly, that when his Gentleman went that Morning, as usual, into his Chamber to awake him, he was found dead in his Bed. He had been the day before very gay with Company whom he entertain'd at Dinner, and made not the least Complaint of any Ailment, tho' he had for some time before been so indispos'd that he did not venture abroad. 'Tis supposed that he was choak'd by an immoderate Defluxion of Rheum with which he was now and then troubled. His sudden Death cast the City and Court of Vienna into such a Consternation as did prodigious Honour to his immortal Memory. On the 15th, after having lain three days in State, he was interr'd in the Tomb of his Nephew Emanuel Prince of Savoy (which the Princess of Savoy Countess of Soissons caus'd to be erected in the Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen) with all the Military Honours, and all the Magnificence due to his illustrious Birth, and to these important Services which he perform'd to the August House of Austria during the Reigns of three successive Emperors. A Will was found among his Papers, whereby he declar'd the late Prince Eugene of Savoy his Nephew who died the year before at Manheim his universal Heir. But after that time a Codicil was made, tho' never sign'd by Prince Eugene, declaring for his Heir his Niece Louisa de Seissons of Carignan (who was born December 16, 1686.) then at a Nunnery in France. The Prince left behind him a numerous and curious library of Books, many of which he bought when at London of Christopher Bateman in Pater-noster Row, besides a fine Cabinet of Medals and other Curiosities. The Emperor has bought his Library of his Niece for 20000 Florins.
Since the Prince's Death the Count de Konigseg, Vice-President of the Council of War, has the chief Direction of Military Affairs at this Court, and signs all Dispatches and Commissions which that Prince sign'd as first President of the said Council, for thirty-three years. His Regiment of Dragoons is given to Prince Charles of Lorrain, but the Honours he held as General in Chief of the Emperor's Forces, and his Imperial Majesty's Vicar-General in Italy, are like to continue vacant by reason of the Peace.
[103] He is now Bishop of Breslaw, a Dignity which gives him a distinguish'd Rank in this Duchy.
[104] The Count de Metsch, Vice-President of the Aulic Council of the Empire, succeeded him in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor; and the Count Aloysius-Thomas Raimond of Harrach Rohram, heretofore Viceroy of Naples, hereditary Master of the Horse of Upper and Lower Austria, Marshal of the States of the Country, Knight of the Golden Fleece, is appointed Counsellor of the Conferences in the room of the Count de Schonborn.
[105] The Count de Konigseck-Erps. He actually went to Spain, with a design to relieve his Uncle; but as the Face of Affairs is alter'd at this Court, they are both return'd. The Count de Konigseck-Erps is at Brussels Counsellor of State of Brabant.
[106] The Count de Konigseck is return'd home from his Embassy to Spain. He actually officiates as Vice-President of the Aulic Council of War, and as Privy-Counsellor of the Conferences. He is Lieutenant-General of the Emperor's Armies, Colonel of a Regiment of Foot; and is lately created a Knight of the Golden Fleece. The Count de Mercy being kill'd at the Battle of Parma, the 29th of June, 1734, the Emperor sent the Count de Konigseck to Italy, and gave him the Command of his Army, which was in a very shatter'd Condition, and which the Count de Konigseck set to rights again, in such a manner as to command Respect even from his Enemies.
[107] His Name and Title is Joseph de Silva y Meneses, Marquess de Villasor, Count de Monte-Santo.
[108] They are barely Opinions, and do not pass into Decrees till they are approved by the Emperor.