betrothment
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Her early betrothment to King Erik Christopherson had been one of the conditions of his release from Nordborg Castle, after he was taken prisoner in the war with Duke Waldemar's father.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
This happened forthwith; and thus before the presented soup had grown cold, was a formal betrothment concluded.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various
Then the Bishop of Lescar celebrated the betrothment, that same day, in the Château de Monclar.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Louisa Stuart Costello
Her betrothment to the Danish crown-prince was concluded by a written document, but the public announcement of this alliance was to be deferred for a few years.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
This betrothment of children, and all their other miserable arts, shall not save them.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
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