ders. She was christened AMELIA; and we shall hear of her in
time coming. But there was, as the Circulating Libraries still intimate,
a certain loud-spoken braggart of the histrionic-heroic sort, called
Baron Trenck, windy, rash, and not without mendacity, who has endeavored
to associate her with his own transcendent and not undeserved ill-luck;
hinting the poor Princess into a sad fame in that way. For which,
it would now appear, there was no basis whatever! Most condemnable
Trenck;--whom, however, Robespierre guillotined finally, and so settled
that account and others.

Of Sophie Dorothee's twelve children, including this Amelia, there are
now eight living, two boys, six girls; and after Amelia, two others,
boys, are successively to come: ten in all, who grew to be men and
women. Of whom perhaps I had better subjoin a List; now that the eldest
Boy and Girl are about to get settled in life; and therewith close this
Chapter.

FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S TEN CHILDREN.

Marriage to Sophie Dorothee, 28th November, 1706.

A little Prince, born 23d November, 1707, died in six months. Then came,

1. FREDERIKA SOPHIE WILHELMINA, ultimately Margravine of Baireuth, after
strange adventures in the marriage-treaty way. Wrote her _Memoires_
there, about 1744. Of whom we shall hear much. Left a Daughter, her one
child; Daughter badly married, to "Karl reigning Duke of Wurtemberg"
(Poet Schiller's famous Serene Highness there), from whom she had to
separate, &c., with anger enough, by and by.

After Wilhelmina in the Family series came a second Prince, who died in
the eleventh month. Then, 24th January, 1712,

2. FRIEDRICH.

After whom (1713) a little Princess, who died in few months. And then,

3. FREDERIKA LOUISA, born 28th September, 1714; age now about nine.
Margravine of Anspach, 30th May, 1729; Widow 1757. Her one Son, born
1736, was the LADY-CRAVEN'S Anspach. Frederika Louisa died 4th February,
1734.

4. PHILIPPINA CHARLOTTE, born 13th of March, 1716; became Duchess of
Brunswick (her Husband was Eldest Brother of the "Prince Ferdinand"
so famous in England in the Seven-Years War); her Son was the Duke who
invaded France in 1792, and was tragically hurled to ruin in the Battle
of Jena, 1806. The Mother lived till 1801; Widow since 1780.

After whom, in 1717, again a little Prince, who died within two years
(our Fritz then seven,--probably the first time Death ever came before
him, practically into his little thoughts