PHILIPPE (VII) (Comte de Paris, 1838-1894, Prince Royal after the death of his father Ferdinand in 1842 from a carriage accident and King of the French after his Grandfather's abdication in 1848)

Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, to 'My dear Cousin', saying that "since your kind visit I have been wanting, as I told you, to go with the Duke of Braganza [the future King of Portugal] and pay my homage to the Queen of Württemberg and visit the King", but his influenza "has got so much worse that I have not been able to leave the house and I have been selfish enough to keep my future son-in-law at home with me", since he left this morning "all I can do is to turn to you ... to express to Their Majesties ... our lively regret", and sadly cannot come to Nice to see him, but is "looking forward to a happier occasion", with a carte de visite photograph of the Comte, unsigned, by L. Angerer of Vienna, showing him bearded, head and shoulders, facing to the left, 4" x 2½", the letter 2 sides 8vo., embossed lilies of France in blue and gold lettered "Villa St. Jean, Alpes-Maritimes", 5th March slight traces of gum from laying down by folded left margin of verso without loss, two short closed tears in horizontal fold

The Duke of Braganza, 1863-1908 (assassinated), Crown Prince of Portugal, from 1889 King Carlos I, married the Comte's eldest daughter Amélie in Lisbon on 22nd May 1886. Queen Olga of Württemberg, (1822-1892, wife of Karl I, 1823-1891), was a daughter of Nicholas I of Russia.

Item Date:  1886

Stock No:  52522      £250

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