LOUISE, princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, née princesse de Belgique (1858-1924)

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LOUISE, princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, née princesse de Belgique (1858-1924)
L.A.S.: "Louise", Szent-Antal-Selmczbanya, July 15, 1882, addressed to her mother-in-law, Princess Clementine d'Orléans (1817-1907), 4 pages, text in French, on headed paper with the monogram of her husband Prince Philippe, edged in black, creases, good overall condition. Attached is a photographic portrait of the princess circa 1890 wearing a large hat, signed Karoly Koller in Budapest, cabinet size. "My dear mother, Philippe, tells me that you are offended and pained by what you believe to be indifference and forgetfulness of your person. To prove to you that I am not as incorrigible as you think, I am hurrying to send you these few lines again today. You know how rarely I write, even to my mother and sister, whom I love so dearly. For my part, I know that you receive all your news via Philippe, and that what I can tell you will not be of much interest to you. I wouldn't have written about you now during this trip precisely to speak to you in this place filled with memories so sweet once and so painful now. My intention was good too, and I regret that you took my silence for a lack of interest. Philippe was wrong not to tell you how much we talked about you and dear Papa, and how sad the thought often made us. You would have been less severe then. I wept before the portrait of Purzto Pole1, so striking and one of the most lifelike! I found the children in very good condition. Léo [her son, Prince Léopold (1878-1916)] kisses your hand, he's very handsome, grown-up, fortified and very mischievous. Dora [his daughter, Princess Dorothée (1881-1967)] is very fat, especially in the face, and a little pale, but otherwise very healthy. The Antal air is doing them a world of good, and they are outside most of the day, enjoying the weather, which is once again superb and, fortunately, not so hot. Our little stay at Schmexs was a great success: we made some superb excursions in the mountains on horseback and on foot, the part at the ... is delightful, and the lake itself, high up in the Carpathian foothills, surrounded by fir trees and suddenly visible, is a delightful sight. We saw the villa that had been allocated to the Rudolphs [his sister Princess Stephanie and her husband Archduke Rudolph of Austria] and the land that the Josephs [his sister-in-law Princess Clothilde and her husband Archduke Joseph of Austria] were to buy or have already bought! I think we'll arrive in Coburg on the 23rd or 25th, as I want to stay here as long as possible and have things to do in Pest [Budapest] and Vienna. Goodbye then, see you soon, dear Mum and kissing you tenderly. I ask you to excuse my long silence and to believe me always your devoted daughter."
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