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Auction: 13050 - Postal History and Historical documents
Lot: 2065

Historical Documents
King Carlo Emanuele III
1735 (26 Feb.) secretarial letter signed by King Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia, signed "C Emanuel", written to le Baron de Saintipolite in London (he was living in Albermarle Street), thanking the Baron for his condolences on the death of the queen. With a second signature and with a fine wax wafer seal of a coat of arms surrounded by, "car.eman.d.g.rex.sardin.cypr.ethier.dux.sab.montisf.&.prin.ped". Fine and a nice incoming letter to London, carried by royal messenger. Photo

The king's second wife died in 1735 at the age of 29. Landgravine Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg (1706–1735) was the daughter of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and his wife Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. Polyxena was the aunt of the famous princesse de Lamballe. The couple married on 20 August 1724 in Thorn. Polyxena bore him six children:

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