Lot 245
SOBIESKA MARIA KLEMENTYNA (1702-1735), POLISH PRINCESS, QUEEN CONSORT OF 'KING JAMES III' (1688-1766) 'THE OLD PRETENDER'
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CLEMENTINE R."), AS QUEEN,
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Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
to Mrs Dillon, in French, stating she has received her correspondent's letter thanking her for the help she had shown Mrs Dillon's son, the Count of Malta, & referring to her correspondent's daughter "I rejoice with all my heart, as you do, at your daughter's decision to take the veil as a nun, even though you will have felt this separation deeply. I am convinced that her new life will one day be of great consolation to you... I have at heart everything which concerns her, and she deserves nothing less from me", 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf, bearing a good red wax seal, Rome, 2nd November 1733
Footnote
Note: Autograph letters of Sobieska are rare following her early death at the age of 32.