MARIA CRISTINA (1858-1929, née Archduchess of Austria, second wife of Alfonso XII and mother of Alfonso XIII, Queen Regent 1885-1902)

Finely penned Document signed, in Spanish with translation, to the President of Peru, (Remigio Morales Bermúdez, d. 1894, President from 1890), saying she has resolved to accredit to him Don Emilio de Ojeda, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, mentioning his "distinguished qualities and well known zeal", blind embossed armorial paper seal, signed also by Carlos O Donnell, 1834-1903, four times Foreign Minister between 1879 and 1897, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, San Sebastián, 15th October

The long regency of Queen Cristina, who was by nature a strong Conservative, owed much to her ability to work with Liberals and to encourage consensus politics between the two main parties.

Item Date:  1890

Stock No:  52557      £375

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