MARIE AMÉLIE (1782-1866, wife of Louis Philippe I)

Autograph note, unsigned, in French, saying that she thinks "it must be the Minister of Commerce to whom it should be referred", identification in elegant French script and pencilled date

The Queen, daughter of Ferdinand IV of Naples, met Louis Philippe there in exile and married him in 1809. With him and their four young children she lived at Orleans House, Twickenham, (1815-1817), and after 1848 at Claremont, Surrey. From the Bibliotheca Lindesiana no. 2520.

Item Date:  1839

Stock No:  19161      £45

             Add to Wish List     Order/Enquire