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Until his twenty-second year he lived at Eimbeck, formerly a free city, but then in the Grubenhagen Principality of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lueneburg. The church at Eimbeck had been reformed and set in order by Nicholas Amsdorf, but long before Muehlenberg's time, it had come under the jurisdiction of the Lueneburg KO. The edition issued by Frederick Duke of Br.
But the settlement of the preliminaries of peace was necessarily the business of the belligerents, and it was for this purpose that the German Imperial Chancellor, Freiherr von Grubenhagen, the French Foreign Minister, M. Delcasse, and the Russian Secretary of State, M. de Witte, accompanied by Count Lamsdorff, and a full staff of officials and diplomatic assistants, had met at Hampton Court Palace.
After breakfast, when the company were seated around the table in the smoke-room, and when, upon a sign from the Emperor, the aide-de-camp du jour had ordered the servants to withdraw, the Emperor William turned with a grave face to Baron von Grubenhagen. "And now let us hear, openly and without reserve, how, according to your observation, the German nation regards the possibility of a war."
I hope the illustrious house of Lorrain leaves you gentlemen of that famous city no room to regret the loss of your own princes." The castle of Versailles becoming the subject of conversation, Monsieur le Compte appealed to him, as to a native German, whether it was not inferior in point of magnificence to the chateau of Grubenhagen.
"May it please your Majesty, my name is Baron von Grubenhagen, but the 'Baron' was in the way of the merchant." The open and manly bearing of the Baron, combined with the deference due to his sovereign, appeared to please the Emperor. He gazed long into the clear-cut, energetic face, with its bold and intelligent eyes. "You have seen much of the world?"
No sooner had the door closed behind him than the adjutant on duty, with an evident expression of astonishment in the sound of his voice, announced: "His Excellency the Imperial Chancellor, Frieherr von Grubenhagen." The Prince advanced to the middle of the room to meet his visitor and shook him heartily by the hand.
"Your Majesty, we live in an age, the characteristic of which is the formation of great empires." The monarch interrupted him with a friendly movement of his hand. "Let us go in to breakfast, gentlemen. Baron von Grubenhagen, you are my guest. I shall be interested to hear more of your bold ideas."
The German Imperial Chancellor is highly popular in Russia also, owing to the part he took in the conclusion of the peace. "Have you had the opportunity of approaching the Imperial Chancellor? This Baron Grubenhagen must be a man of strong personality. "I am sending this letter to you by way of Berlin, for I do not know where you are at this moment.
"Your sister?" asked Barbara abashed, holding out her hand again; but he pretended not to notice it, and merely explained curtly that she had come to the Netherlands with her husband. This enterprising man, like himself, was a native of the principality of Grubenhagen in the Hartz Mountains.
"At your Majesty's command; Grubenhagen, of Hamburg." The monarch's eyes travelled over the tall, broad-shouldered figure of the fine man, and he asked smilingly "You have been in the service?" "Yes, your Majesty as lieutenant in the Royal Hanoverian Garde du Corps." "There were then commoners as officers in that regiment."
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