Rare German Royalty Empress Augusta Royal Queen Signed Document Letter Germany

Description: LOT-O25. For your consideration is a rare and important hand-signed letter on Germany royal stationary by German Empress/ Queen / Crown Princess Augusta of Germany. This is a very beautiful manuscript letter, embossed royal crown on Schloss Wilhelmsohe stationary. A very rare royalty document. Queen Augusta Hohenzollern Imperial Germany PrussiaSaxe-Weimar Signed Letter. Rare signed letter from Princess Augusta ofSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1811-1890) Queen of Prussia and the first German Empressas the consort of William I, German Emperor. The letter i written to a closefriend dated simply as 15th November and written from her home in Koblenz. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Augusta Marie Luise Katharina; 30 September 1811 7 January 1890) was the queen of Prussia and the first German empress as the consort of William I, German Emperor. Augusta was the second daughter of Charles Frederick, GrandDuke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Maria Pavlovna of Russia, a daughter of Paul Iof Russia and Sophie Dorothea of Wrttemberg. Augusta was only fifteen yearsold when, in 1826, she and her future husband met. On 11th June 1829, after astrenuous three-day trip from Weimar to Berlin, Wilhelm married his fiance,fourteen years younger than he was, in the chapel of Schloss Charlottenburg. The first weeks of marriage were harmonious; Augusta wastaken favorably in the Prussian King's court, however, Augusta soon started tobe bored with its military sobriety, and most courtly duties. In a letter whichWilhelm wrote on 22 January 1831 to his sister Charlotte, he complained of hiswife's "lack of femininity". That aside, their first child, PrinceFriedrich (later Friedrich III of Germany), was born later that year on 18October 1831, three years after their marriage and their second child, Louise,was born on 3 December 1838, seven years later. Augusta later had twomiscarriages in 1842 and 1843. She had also gone through manic-depressivephases since 1840; she felt unwanted due to Wilhelm having mistresses andsuffered from the huge pressure under which she stood. In 1849, he was appointed Governor-General of the RhineProvince and in the spring of 1850, he and Augusta took up residence inKoblenz. which is where this letter is written from. In 1858, Wilhelm became Regent after his brother was nolonger able to lead his government due to suffering several strokes. He andAugusta traveled to the Court at Berlin. Wilhelm soon dismissed the old ministry when he succeededhis childless brother as King in 1861 and appointed liberal ministers of hisown, notably from his own Court at Koblenz. The King appointed Otto vonBismarck as the new Prussian Minister President. Augusta, now Queen, regardedBismarck as her mortal enemy and Bismarck likewise despised Augusta for her(albeit low) influence on her husband. Augusta was particularly horrified atBismarck's foreign policy and his cause in the commencement of theAustro-Prussian War. The Austro-Prussian War soon ended in 1866 but four yearslater, the Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 and Augusta continued to holdBismarck personally responsible. However, the aftermath of the war left Wilhelmas German Emperor and Augusta as German Empress. Augusta had suffered from rheumatism for many years and inJune 1881, she received heavy injuries from a fall which left her dependent oncrutches and a wheelchair, but this did not hinder her from fulfilling herduties. She finally made amends with her husband on his ninetiethbirthday in 1887, but he soon died a year later. Only ninety-nine days later,her son, who had succeeded to the throne as Friedrich III, succumbed to cancerof the larynx. She did, however, see her beloved grandson Wilhelm become Kingand Emperor that year, but died a year later on 7 January 1890, aged 78.Augusta was buried in the mausoleum of Charlottenburg beside her husband. "My dear Sunny - I do not know how many, kind, excellent, sympathetic lettersfrom you that I have received to which I have not responded to and what opinionyou must have of me. It is certain that good-will lessens and lessens with mypoor health, with my position and the obligated correspondence which does notgive me the ability to write from the heart. This is my excuse, my only excuse; kindly accept it and tellyourself that the most obstinate silence does not alter in anyway the feelingsthat I hold for you since my childhood and which are so dear! I do not regret not seeing you this time in Berlin as Iwould have had nothing from you and you would have only found a hypochondriacbut I do wish to make it up to you all the more XXXX by asking you to come onceafter June Month of Hxxxx which XXXX away from Berlin. I understand and shareall your maternal anxiousness, I am interested in your son for you and yourson, I XXXX beg you to not loose courage if the success is not as you wish. Adieu my dear XXX, Your faithful friend, Augusta" Size: 18.5 x 11.5 cm approx.On Feb 17, 2024 at 07:27:37 PST, seller added the following information:

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