User blog:Jack Goldwrecker./Letter of Instatement

''From this day on, 27 January, 1746 In The Year Of Our Lord, by the powers vested in me by Vladimir I, I hereby instate the humble and most worthy Marc Cannonshot as Grand-Duke of Courland, replacing previous Grand-Duchess Elizabeth Bane. If the latter wishes to remain in Russia, I will find a place for her.''

Signed, 

Tsar Ivan VIII