Lot 56
A LETTER WRITTEN BY OTTOMAN SULTAN ABDULMECID (R. 1839-1861) TO KING FERDINAND II (R. 1830-1859) CONGRATULATING HIM ON THE BIRTH OF HIS DAUGHTER
DATED AH 1259/ AD 19 APRIL 1843
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
ink on paper, signed by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid vertically in three lines: Al-mustanid bi ‘inayat al-malik al-musta‘an, al-Sultan Abdulmecid Khan, padishah-i devlet-i al-i Osman (Sultan Abdulmecid Khan, ruler of the Ottoman state, dependant on God’s divine grace), sealed with the imperial seal of Sultan Abdulmecid
Dimensions
57.1cm x 38.8cm
Footnote
In this letter Sultan Abdulmecid congratules King Ferdinand II on the birth of his daughter Princess Maria Annunciata Isabella Filomena Sebasia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (24 March 1843 – 4 May 1871). Princess Maria Annunciata was an important political figure in the history of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and Austria. In 1862 she married Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria. She is the mother of Franz Ferdinand of Austria whose assassination in Sarajevo precipitated the start of World War I.