Lot n° 170
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300 - 500
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CLÉMENTINE, princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1817-1907)
L.A.S.: "Clémentine", Laeken, July 2, 1840, addressed to her mother, Queen Marie-Amélie of the French (1782-1866), 3 pages, in-folio, text in French, tear. Attached is a lithograph depicting her after the portrait painted by Henri de Caisne (1799-1852), presented at the 1833 Salon. And a L.A.S.: "Clémentine", undated, addressed to her mother, Queen Marie-Amélie of the French (1782-1866), 1 ½ pages, French text, tear. "I did not write to you yesterday, dear maman, leaving that care to Aumale. Louise is very well, she is a little pale, says she is better, but I have not noticed her strength is returning daily, and she reads that none of the other times she has recovered so quickly. Every day she puts on your pink bathrobe which is very pretty and suits her very well, she comes to lunch and dinner with us, her walk is not yet very brilliant, but she is upright and her waist is straightened: she will come back positively, if nothing new happens around July 20 or 22, she is decided to do so and so is Leopold, they will stay until the first days of August and then come directly to England. Léopold told me he liked his good mother, especially as she always gives him something. Philippe has become even more beautiful and seems to continue to have the same tenderness for me. Charlotte is doing wonderfully, she's very well-behaved, at night she sleeps all at once, we never get her up or leave the room, she falls asleep all by herself in her crib, your little (...) suits her wonderfully, she wears no other. I wrote yesterday about the plans for England, he will have told you about them, I won't tell you anything more. My aunt has a project to come to Liège (...) all this beautiful valley of the Meuse which is said to be really remarkable, Ardennes and (...), that enchants me and I hope that it (...), it will be at least a visit which will change us a little from this continuation of masses which I already made 21 times and which is odious to me. Leopold will go with us to Ardennes to show it to us, then after dinner we'll leave directly for Paris, where we'll still be on Wednesday evening. The weather is fine, but warmer. Aumale walked to Brussels yesterday to do some shopping, and then we went for a walk together. Thank you a thousand times my dear mother for your kind letter, I am happy to know dear Leopold better, I hope that it is now an affair over and that I will find him on his feet when I return. I am thinking of you today, my dear mother, and of (...). I'll be praying to God for him at Mass today. The news from the East seems most satisfactory and has given us great pleasure. The christening is still scheduled for Sunday at 1 a.m. Louise will be there, and I hope Pilus hasn't forgotten to send the sabers today. Adieu, my dear Maman, I embrace you and Aumale with all my heart. My fondest regards to your household (...) 2 a.m. I receive your kind letter, dear Maman, a thousand thanks, I am happy for our dear Philippe's improvement. The Belgians are very agitated about the reply from ..., especially as yesterday's letters ... perhaps change their minds. Aumale went to Brussels with Leopold (...)" "We will arrive here fortunately my dear mother, but after having been very badly led as you see on the road. The night was very mild, but around three o'clock fell, a cold and penetrating fog that left us as in a cloud, it begins to disperse. I won't tell you, dear Mom, about the grief I felt when I left Neuilly yesterday evening, my poor H... whom I left for six months! You, without whom I am never (...) However, I am happy at the thought that I am going to see Louise! We have had no accidents (...) All our company has slept well and is in good health. Farewell my dear Mother, I embrace you and your excellent father with all my heart, a thousand tendernesses (...)".
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