MARGARETE
(Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse, 'Mossy', Victoria's grandaughter)
Affectionate autograph letter, signed 'Mossy', in English,
to 'Beloved Nana', Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, b. 1837 or 1838, saying "It is rather early to write ... to wish you a happy Christmas & New Year but I do so with all my heart ... thou[gh] John is not there ... did he write from Australia or from the ship?", she has been in bed, feverish, afterwards "I felt so week yesterday ... that I could hardly walk", her eldest sister CHARLOTTE, 1860-1919, "has lost her [husband's] Grandfather of Meiningen & has only shortly returned ... she loved him very much", she will address this letter "to where you told & we wrote it down. Now good-bye beloved pet much love to dear Gertrude ... your devoted loving Mossy", at the head, printed in colours, is a group of swallows delivering a letter, 4 sides 8vo., Berlin, 13th December
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
17867
£150
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MARGARETE
(Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse, 'Mossy', Victoria's grandaughter)
Attractive greetings card in colours,
inscribed on the verso "For my darling Nana ... a very happy New Year from her loving old Mossy" (her family name), in between is a printed verse 'The march of the season', "Happy as a bride and bridegroom ... May this season as in reason it should prove to thee! ...", the front shows a procession of wise-looking owls titled 'The Wedding March', no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
53666
£100
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MARGARETE
(Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse)
Superb Royal cabinet photo by H. S. Mendelssohn signed and inscribed
"Margarete Princess of Prussia Aug 31st 1884", showing her as a young girl, three quarters length in a dress with a ruched front and a coat with buttons up the sides, against an outdoor background, 8½" x 5½", no place, 31st August
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
38839
£675
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MARGARETE
(Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse, 'Mossy', Victoria's grandaughter)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "my darling Nana"
passing on a message from her sister Princess Sophie who "has asked me to let you know that she has heard of a nurse who is willing to go out to Athens & begs you to see her before she decides to take her. She is called Edith Davies & is the sister of my nurse with whom I am so perfectly satisfied and who is excellent and suitable in every way ..." she continues with as much history as she has of the potential nurse who is leaving her present family as "the children are growing up. If she is as good as my nurse I think Sophie can not do better ... I am sure you will also feel sorry for poor Sophie to have such trouble with nurses. You cannot imagine how often I think of you dear Nana, and how I should like to see you again and above all show you my two sweet Babies ..." (Friedrich Wilhelm, 1893-1916 & Maximilian, 1894-1914, both boys were killed in action in the first World War), "They are such ducks & I am so intensely happy ... the little one is just two months old and thriving beautifully ... I am able to nurse him myself wh makes me so happy. He is called Maximilian, & the eldest Frederick William after dear Papa. Although he is but 13 months old he runs about all by himself and is most independent and extremely lively. This time I had a very quick recovery and am feeling so well ..." she ends with enquiries about Nana's health and a postscript "can you imagine me the mother of two boys?", 4 sides 8vo., headed with a fine crowned design of her name, Schloss Rumpenheim, 22nd December
Item Date:
1894
Stock No:
21457
£275
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MARGARETHA
(Sofia, 1899-1977, Princess of Denmark)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Palmer,
thanking her for sending her "those beautiful orchids. I will feel very elegant tonight and will send you both many grateful thoughts ...", 2 sides correspondence card with monogrammed crest at the head, Bernstorffshøj, Gentofte, 24th March no year.
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
11517
£55
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