Saturday, December 9, 2023

Excerpt from the Maréchal de Turenne's memoirs, on having carried Carl Gustaf Wrangel's son for his baptism and Kristina being the baby's godmother, dated July 23/August 2 (New Style), 1648

Source:

Collection des lettres et mémoires trouvés dans les porte-feuilles du maréchal de Turenne, volume 1, page 98, edited and published by Count Philippe Henri de Grimoard, 1782
The excerpt:

Le 2 d'Août [1648], M. de Turenne présenta au baptême un fils de M. Wra[n]gel, dont la Marraine étoit la Reine de Suède. ...

With modernised spelling:

Le 2 d'août [1648], Monsieur de Turenne présenta au baptême un fils de Monsieur Wrangel, dont la marraine était la reine de Suède. ...

Swedish translation (my own):

Den 2 augusti [1648] presenterade monsieur de Turenne vid dopet en son till herr Wrangel, vars gudmor var Sveriges drottning. ...

English translation (my own):

On August 2 [1648], Monsieur de Turenne presented at baptism a son of Lord Wrangel, whose godmother was the Queen of Sweden. ...


Above: Kristina.


Above: Carl Gustaf Wrangel.


Above: The Maréchal de Turenne.

Note: The baby was Carl Philip Wrangel. He was born in Bavaria, Germany on July 16, 1648 and sadly died at age nineteen in London, England on April 13, 1668.

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