THE KING ANNOUNCES THE DEATH IN CHILDBIRTH OF HIS WIFE ADELAIDE OF AUSTRIA
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, first King of Italy) & Camillo CAVOUR (1810-1861, Prime Minister of Piedmont, President of the Council of Ministers and the architect of Italian unity)
Finely penned Document signed, in Italian with translation, with autograph subscription, to his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies
FERDINAND II (1810-1859, King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his early death in 1859) informing him of "the new and terrible disaster I fulfil the sad office of notifying it to Your Majesty! My beloved Consort, Her Majesty Queen Maria Adelaide of Sardinia, Archduchess of Austria, rendered her kind soul to God on the evening of the 12th of this month after a brief but cruel illness occurred after the first days of her puerperium. May Your Majesty understand in what desolation I am left by the loss of a bride who, with her sweet manners and her angelic virtue formed my joy, the happiness of the family and the admiration of the whole nation ...", countersigned at the foot by CAVOUR, 1 side folio, with original envelope, Turin, 30th January
Item Date:
1855
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40041
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VITTORIO EMANUELE II ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF QUEEN MARGHERITA OF ITALY
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, from 1861 First King of Italy)
Finely penned Document signed, as King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy,
in Italian with translation, to the President of Peru, (José Rufino Echénique, 1808-1887, President 1851-1855), saying he takes great pleasure "in informing You that on the 20th of the present month, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Genoa, Our Most Dear Sister-in-law, has happily given birth to a Princess who has received the names of Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna", sure that the President will share his joy, renewing his own assurance of "esteem and friendship", and his wishes for "the prosperity of Peru", signed also by the Marquis d'Azeglio, (1798-1866, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 1849-1852), 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Turin, 26th November
closed tear along three quarters of central fold, between lines but touching four letters, other slight tears in blank margin, small slit for ribbon in blank portion near top right and corresponding small hole in conjugate blank
Item Date:
1851
Stock No:
52569
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VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, first King of Italy) & Camillo CAVOUR (1810-1861, Prime Minister of Piedmont, President of the Council of Ministers and the architect of Italian unity)
Finely penned document signed as King of Sardinia, in Italian with translation,
appointing Cav. D. Giuseppe Dabormida, (1799-1869, Foreign Minister, later Count), as his plenipotentiary to conclude a treaty of friendship, navigation and commerce with the Republic of Peru, signed also by Camillo Cavour, vellum, blind embossed papered seal with the Royal Arms, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Stupinigi, 12th June
Item Date:
1853
Stock No:
51993
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VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, first King of Italy) & Camillo CAVOUR (1810-1861, Prime Minister of Piedmont, President of the Council of Ministers and the architect of Italian unity)
Finely penned Document signed, in Italian with translation, to the President of Peru,
(Ramón Castilla, 1797-1867, President 1845-1851 & 1855-1862), saying he hastens to inform him that on 30th January were married "Our most beloved daughter the Princess Maria Clotilde Teresa Luigia and His Royal Highness the Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles of France", 1822-1891, from 1879 head of the Imperial House of Bonaparte, he is sure that "through the close ties of true friendship existing between Our States and the Republic of Peru, You will take a lively interest in this happy event", signed also C[amillo] Cavour, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Turin, 11th February
a few tiny closed tears and a little dust soiling at foot, tiny defect in bottom right corner
Item Date:
1859
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52570
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VITTORIO EMANUELE II ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF A GRANDSON
VITTORIO EMANUELE II
(1820-1878, from 1861 First King of Italy)
Finely penned Document signed, in Italian with translation, to the President of Peru,
(José Balta, 1816-1872, President from 1868), saying that on the 13th January, in the Royal Palace in Genoa, "Our most dear Daughter-in-law Her Royal Highness Maria of Savoy, Duchess of Aosta, Consort of Our most beloved Son His Royal Highness the Prince Amedeo Ferdinando Maria of Savoy, has happily given birth to a Prince who has received the names of Emanuele Filiberto Vittorio Eugenio Alberto Genova Giuseppe", he is sure the President will share "the contentment we feel", signed also by Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809-1896, Prime Minister), summary of the contents in Spanish down a portion of the right edge of the text, lightly written in pale red, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Florence (capital of the new Kingdom of Italy), 16th January
two small defects in blank portion of upper left corner and one at foot of conjugate leaf
Item Date:
1869
Stock No:
52571
£325
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