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Colonel Charles Hotham (d. 1738) was a special British envoy entrusted by George II with the task of negotiating a double marriage between the Hanover and Hohenzollern dynasties. The failure of this mission led to Crown Prince Frederick's attempt to flee to Paris, ultimately resulting in his arrest. ==The Double Marriage== Queen Sophia Dorothea had long cherished the prospect of marrying her daughter, Wilhelmina, to the Prince of Wales, and her son, the Crown Prince Frederick, to the British Princess Emily. Her husband, King Frederick William I of Prussia, saw the advantage of the union, but was torn between his desire to draw closer to Protestant England and his position as a subject of the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles VI. The Austrians had for years heavily funded the efforts of General Seckendorff to buy off Frederick William's closest associates and so influence the King towards a pro-Austrian and anti-British policy. 〔 〕 On 2 April 1730 Colonel Hotham, armed with incriminating letters of Seckendorff's tactics, arrived in Prussia, empowered by George II with authority to arrange for a double marriage between the two houses. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Charles Hotham, 5th Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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