ANNA PAVLOVNA (1795-1860, wife of Willem II of the Netherlands, youngest daughter of Tsar Paul I)

Autograph letter signed to 'Monsieur', in French with translation, saying "it is impossible to read the letter and enclosed piece that you have just sent me without feeling emotion. Sentiments so true and so nobly expressed do one good", and thanking him "for sharing them with me with such speed", crowned 'A', 1 side 8vo black-edged, B[erlin], 26th May (Western calendar), 14th May (Russian calendar)

The writer's last surviving brother, Nicholas I, had died on 18th February 1855. She married the then Prince of Orange in the year after Waterloo, in which he led the Belgian and Dutch troops.

Item Date:  1855

Stock No:  17783      £350

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