Following an entry in the Fourierbuch for 19 June 1747, Duke Friedrich III saw the rhinoceros (here called ‘Renocerum’) in the Reithaus of Gotha Castle on 19 June 1747 (source 3451).
Gotha is 170 km west of Leipzig
* Friedrich III or Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1699–1772) was Duke from 1732.
Literature
- Van der Ham 2022: 183, note 182
Source 3451. Fourierbuch 1747
Gotha, Reithaus (Stallen) – 19 June 1747
n.182: Landesarchiv Thüringen – Staatsarchiv Gotha, Fourierbücher im Bestand Oberhofmarschallamt, Nr. 681 c 1747 III:
This is in the Fourierbuch on p. 29v
Online: staatsarchive.thulb.uni-jena.de
Original text (German)
Nach der Tafel haben Hochfürsteliche Gnädigste Herrschaft den Renocerum in Reithause besehen.
English translation
After lunch the Duke went to see the ‘Renocerum’ in the Reithaus.
