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doegred t1_izj502m wrote

Reply to comment by kosmokomeno in “Being Madame is a miserable job” Liselotte of the Palatinate lived at the court of the French king Louis XIV and wrote countless letters that offer a unique insight into the intrigues and everyday life of the nobility. by swissnationalmuseum

It's mentioned in the article?

>French troops marched into the Electoral Palatinate, laying waste towns, villages and fields and destroying Heidelberg Castle: “It makes my heart bleed, and they still hold it against me that I’m sad about it”, lamented Liselotte.

The Ck2 player in me felt a twinge of guilt.

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Corn_Kernel t1_izjln7p wrote

But just a twinge... Buy her a nice horse at the next event pop-up and that should take care of it!

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DaddyCatALSO t1_izjxvo8 wrote

That's when lots of my Reformed and Lutherna ancestors came to Pennsylvania, following the Plain Folk already ehre

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bremen_ t1_izl4pmf wrote

Plain Folk = Quakers, I assume?

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DaddyCatALSO t1_izm55w5 wrote

No the Quakers oriignaiuted in England, I mean t the Mennonites, Amish, Ephrata 7th Day Baptists, Schwenkfelders etc. , evne the Moravians were almsot plain-style int hsoe days. The Brehtren/Dunkards cmae over later becuase they originated later

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bremen_ t1_izmhq92 wrote

I originally thought Amish, but always assumed they came over at the same time as the wider PA Dutch.

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kosmokomeno t1_izj817j wrote

Jesus how did i miss that

Edit i must have been distracted googling the war of succession, that's so heartbreaking to imagine them giving her grief for her own grief

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