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History of France
1870
Bismarck-Schonhausen, Otto Furst von
Leopold
is offered the
Spanish
throne for a 2nd time,
Bismarck
recommends acceptence
8th Mar Berlin
Issues a memo saying a Hohenzollern is
Spain
would tie down 2
French
Divs
15th Mar Berlin
Urges
Charles
Anthony
to accept the
Spanish
crown
15th Mar Berlin
William
& the
Crown
Prince
oppose
Charles
Anthony's
Spanish
succession
21st June
Leopold's acceptance of the offer of the
Spanish
throne is telegramed to
Madrid
21st June
Persuades
Leopold
to accept the
Spanish
offer of the throne
4th July
The offer to
Leopold
becomes public when the
French
press expose it to the world
12th July
Charle's Anthony's renunciation of the throne is "a humiliation worse than Olmutz"
12th July
William
compels
Charles
Anthony
to renounce the
Spanish
throne for his son
Leopold
1870
Gramont
Refuses to allow foreign powers to install a prince on the throne of
Charles
V
Berlin
Telegrams
Berlin
demanding details of the
Prussian
"Hohenzollern intrigue"
Wilhelm
admits
Prussia
was behind Leopold's acceptance of the
Spanish
throne
6th July
Announces "the interests & the honour of
France
are in peril"
13th July Paris
Asks
William
for "assurance that he never authorize a renewal of the candidacy"
1870
Salazar, Don Miguel
21st June Madrid
The
President
of
Spain
dissolves the
Cortes
1870
Thile, Hermann von
Replies to Gramont's telegram saying
Prussia
knew nothing of Leopold's acceptence
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