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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1112112, member: 39&quot;]Sure enjoyed your post! But let&#039;s make the story a little juicier. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, actually Karl Alexander sold &quot;his&quot; principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth to Prussia, in a secret contract. He apparently got quite a bit of money for it (an annual payment of 300,000 gulden), which allowed him to marry his lover <u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Craven" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Craven" rel="nofollow">Elizabeth Craven</a></u> and move to Britain with her ...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That involved another party so to say. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Prussia had to cede Ansbach to Bavaria because Bavaria had just ceded the Duchy of Berg to France. (Napoleon then merged Berg with other territories and made it a grand duchy.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1686 groschen, by the way was issued to commorate Johann Friedrich&#039;s death. Guess that is why it has so much text ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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