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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 139

Documents
Portugal
King Joseph I
1760 (31 August) entire letter to The Very High and Very Powerful Prince Fernando King of the Two Sicilies, my born brother and cousin"and signed at foot "El Rey". With a fine impression of the Royal wafer seal. Clean and fine. Photo

Joseph 1714-77) king of Portugal from 1750. During his reign power was exercised by his minister, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de Pombal.

Joseph’s father, John V, enriched by the gold and diamonds of Brazil, had enjoyed unchallenged authority and gave Joseph no responsibility. Thus, after his accession, Joseph was content to leave decisions to his ministers, devoting himself to his pleasures, the opera and the chase. He appointed Sebastião de Carvalho, who soon gained an ascendancy over him and became all-powerful after the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.

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