AMÉLIE, duchesse en Bavière, née princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-G - Lot 226

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AMÉLIE, duchesse en Bavière, née princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-G - Lot 226
AMÉLIE, duchesse en Bavière, née princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1848-1894) Set of 19 L.A.S.: "Amélie", Biederstein, Possenhofen, Norderney, Kohlgrub, dated February 14, 1882 to September 17, 1882, addressed to her mother, Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1817-1907), 70 pages including some on headed paper with her monogram under crown, bordered in black, text in French, folds, good overall condition. Two photographic portraits of the princess, one with her sister Princess Clothilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, in business card format, signed Louis Angerer (1827-1879) in Vienna and J. Prökl in Franzensbad. -February 14, 1882: "(...), the Philippe's arrived Saturday evening with strong ... and poor Philippe is suffering a lot with his face. Thank you for the tapestry, dear Maman, for the shoes, the photo, the frame, which is very nice. The big photo of dear Dad is ... I often look at it with tears in my eyes. All the paintings have arrived, and there are so many memories attached to them! I've started my ugly cure with the doctor here and I'll consult Brauer in Vienna; it's making my nerves suffer and annoy me terribly (...)". -February 21, 1882: "(...) I'm very glad to see you settled in Fiume, which must be nice and warm. Here we also have the thaw with storms and then snow, and my head has suffered a lot. The Philippe family are leaving the day after tomorrow. Louis already wanted to leave on Sunday, but Philippe is in no hurry; he thinks their trip will be very long. On Sunday we had dinner at my mother-in-law's with them. Yesterday, Dada and Louis dined with us. Louise has a terrible cough and hardly sleeps at all. Giselle's son has diphtheria. Tomorrow we're going to see some paintings with Dada and Alix from Tuscany (...) the children are doing well despite the bad weather. I've read the little book you sent me, there are some very beautiful passages (...)". - February 27, 1882: "(...) I've been in bed all day with terrible headaches. Max has taken the Philipps to Bayerische Zell (near Tegernsee), from where they are driving to Innsbruck via Kufstein, while Max is staying in the mountains for a few more days (...) I'm taking it easy here in the meantime, but the quieter it gets, the better it suits me, and I feel that I've become a very serious and tiresome company for the others! Dear Cloth [his sister, Princess Clothilde] also wrote me that she had made room for us, and I think we'll come in two weeks (...) This evening I'm dining at my mother-in-law's [Ludovica, Duchess in Bavaria] and I'm spending part of the evening there (...)". March 20, 1882: "(...) I saw the Empress [her sister-in-law, Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898)] last week, who asked a lot about you, as did Marie Festetics [the Empress's lady-in-waiting]. Arnoulf's wedding [to Princess Liechtenstein] is taking place at the beginning of April in Vienna. Dada is also going (...) The daughter of the Prince of Hohenlohe (of Paris) died yesterday of diphtheria, leaving 3 small children, which is very sad (...)". March 30, 1882: "(...) the children are well, Mary went fishing and hunting near Possenhofen for a few days, and I led a quiet life at my daughter-in-law's and took my lessons, in which I have regained interest. Thank you for the pictures of our beloved father. I'm sure the Empress will be touched to receive one (...)". - June 11, 1882: "(...) since we've been here it's been very cold, I'm freezing in my room after the heat of Munich. My sister-in-law is well, thank God. The Charles family are still in Schivalbach. Antoinette Hohenzollern came to see me and have tea, shortly before I left, which pleased me, she's so nice, but I was frightened by how thin she was. She's feeling better, though. I said goodbye to our old horses who are going to Vacs, which made me sad, how many good memories were attached to them! What lovely horse rides I took with Dad yesterday on his good old grey. I understand everything you have suffered, dearest Mama! Everything here reminds me of the cruel hours I have spent (...)". - June 26, 1882: "(...) alas yes! my dear mother, what a contrast the 15th is this year with the old days when we were all so happily gathered around our beloved father! What good times those were in Walterskirchen, when Gusty [Auguste de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha] would render his verses under the tent! And how sad have these days been, recalling the heartbreaking days of last year! Today my mother-in-law's abbot read a mass for our late father. I'm writing to you from the garden, the weather has been superb for several days (...) on Friday all the children had lunch at the Empress's house. On Saturday I went to Biederstien to finish a life drawing, and then we went on a boat trip with my mother-in-law and the Imp.
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