Augusta-Amélie de BEAUHARNAIS. 1788-1851.... - Lot 81 - FW Auction

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Augusta-Amélie de BEAUHARNAIS. 1788-1851.... - Lot 81 - FW Auction
Augusta-Amélie de BEAUHARNAIS. 1788-1851. Born Princess of Bavaria, wife of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais. Letter aut. signed to the Empress Joséphine. Monza, September 18, 1806. 3 pp. two-sheet in-4 on paper embossed paper in frame and edged in yellow. Very beautiful letter from the princess to her mother-in-law Empress Josephine, a few months after her marriage with Prince Eugene; Augusta is then pregnant with her first child. Mr de La Feuilliade gave her the kind letter from Joséphine which filled her with joy; (...) the one you deign to bear witness to the happiness happiness I will soon experience in becoming a Mother, has not diminished it. I accept with great pleasure the woman whom Your Majesty wishes to send me for my childbirth; Eugene had already spoken very highly of her. (...) but I dare but I dare to ask Your Majesty to arrange for her to be here by the end of January, not knowing whether I will give birth at the the beginning of February or at the end; I cannot tell you how reassured I am to have a woman on whom I can rely at a time like this. I can't tell you how reassured I am to have a woman I can count on at a time like this, and it is to You, my dear Mother, that I owe it. As you still have the goodness to work for me, it could make me proud; I already possess the charming I already possess the charming case which is admired by me and by all the people who see it. Really, I fear that so much kindness will make me envious (...). Her brother Louis has been with her since Monday evening. You must imagine the joy we both feel You must understand the joy we both feel, it has been so long since I have seen anyone of my family (...). My brother could not praise enough the kindnesses that You Madame and His Majesty the Emperor have had for him. he will never forget them, nor will his sister (...). She sends her respectful homage to His Majesty the Emperor and addresses to the Empress a veil made of spider silk (...).
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