CHARLES HAS ONLY "ONE WISH WHICH IS TO DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND NOT IN BED"
CHARLES XV
(1826-1872, King of Sweden and Charles IV of Norway)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation to 'Madam'
saying he "received a letter from you last summer. It has given me great pleasure in proving to me that I am not outside the sphere of your remembrance and that you also remembered the once so happy times. You judge me, Madam, with the same sagacity of mind as in the past and yet time has had a wintry effect on this once poetical and ardent (fiery) heart. I would ask you to pardon the delay in my reply, but your request came at a moment when everything was at a standstill and it is only now that matters having become more settled that I am in a position to fulfil your wish, as I did not wish for a third person to be mixed up in this matter. I am glad that I have been able to help your son and I wish him all the best for the success of his talents. It is a pity that he has not become a soldier, it is the only calling where real glory can be gained and where one can think and act as a gentleman in spite of the materialism of our times. As for myself, I remain body and soul a soldier and I have only one wish which is to die on the battlefield and not in bed. I can see you smiling and saying to yourself 'he is still a madcap'. Well, I possess this madness and this hope, placing my destiny in the hands of Providence. Good-bye, Madam, I have chattered too much, but with you I have done it so often, that it has become second nature with me and overtakes me at a galloping pace. Mad or not, original if you like ...", 3 sides 8vo., on his crested letterhead, no place, no date
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0
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40903
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CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, the Kaiser's sister) & Gertrude Emma WAKELIN (b. 5th May 1860 at Hanbury, Staffordshire, daughter of Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, Nanny from about 1860 to the family of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia including Wilhelm II)
Album leaf signed and affectionately inscribed in English to Gertrude,
with sentiments on the 2 sides about Time (in German, 'The future draws slowly towards us, the present flies past like an arrow, the past stands still for ever'), and, in English, about Trust, Rashness and Youth, with 2 further leaves from Gertrude's album, including 1 side in German inscribed by Anna Popper, quoting Goethe and Rückert, and 1 side with the verses '... Trust in God, and do the right', signed A.M. Byng, also some delightful verses about the pupils soon to leave the 'Stiftung' (boarding school), founded by the Empress Augusta at Charlottenburg in 1872, and apparently in the hand of one of them, Monica Owen, headed "The old english Colony ... In this old Stift how happy we ... And now all go and leave but me / In Brandenburg's sandy heather", recalling "the park, the Schlosses towers / The Flora, the dirty Spree" and "the stove so large and white / where many a pleasant english chat / our sorrows put to flight !", ending "our dear old 'Colony' ", Gertrude has added in pencil the names of 10 pupils including herself, then describes the verses as "Spontaneous combustion of Miss M. Owen, aided by devoted friends", with a pictorial notice showing the school, the path down to the river, the chapel and the Empress' simple room, in an elaborate border, together 7 sides 8vo., Neues Palais, Potsdam and Charlottenburg, no date. and 8th - 13th June
the view of the school laid down and a little torn, but with minimal loss
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
51394
£175
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CHARLOTTE
(1803-1880, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, daughter of Friedrich Christian I)
Autograph address panel in German to Crown Princess Victoria
of Prussia, Mainz, note of year
trimmed, small blank corner defect
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
17820
£20
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CHARLOTTE
(Princess of Prussia, 1860-1919, eldest sister of Wilhelm II)
Birthday card signed and inscribed
"Wishing you many many happy returns of the day" (to her Nanny, Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, b. 1837 or 1838), with a spray of strawberries in full colour, 2½" x 5¼", 2nd April
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
51393
£125
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CHARLOTTE
(1860-1919, eldest daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, from 1878 wife of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria's Grandchild)
Christmas card signed and inscribed,
"For dear old Nanny from her affectionate friend", with an autograph message on the front wishing her "a merry Xmas & a happy New year" with a design of flowers and a cherub around it, 4" x 3", Berlin
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
21460
£125
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