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PHILIPPE (VII)
(Comte de Paris, 1838-1894, Prince Royal after the death of his father Ferdinand in 1842 from a carriage accident and King of the French after his Grandfather's abdication in 1848)
Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, to 'My dear Cousin',
saying that since your kind visit I have been wanting, as I told you, to go with the Duke of Braganza [the future King of Portugal] and pay my homage to the Queen of Württemberg and visit the King, but his influenza has got so much worse that I have not been able to leave the house and I have been selfish enough to keep my future son-in-law at home with me, since he left this morning all I can do is to turn to you... to express to Their Majesties... our lively regret, and sadly cannot come to Nice to see him, but is looking forward to a happier occasion, with a carte de visite photograph of the Comte, unsigned, by L. Angerer of Vienna, showing him bearded, head and shoulders, facing to the left, 4 x 2½, the letter 2 sides 8vo., embossed lilies of France in blue and gold lettered Villa St. Jean, Alpes-Maritimes, 5th March
Item Date: 1886
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Background
The Duke of Braganza, 1863-1908 (assassinated), Crown Prince of Portugal, from 1889 King Carlos I, married the Comte's eldest daughter Amélie in Lisbon on 22nd May 1886. Queen Olga of Württemberg, (1822-1892, wife of Karl I, 1823-1891), was a daughter of Nicholas I of Russia.
slight traces of gum from laying down by folded left margin of verso without loss, two short closed tears in horizontal fold
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