AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Jul 16, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 756:
CONSTANCE OF AUSTRIA: (1588-1631) Queen of Poland 1605-31. Second spouse of King Sigismund III ...
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CONSTANCE OF AUSTRIA: (1588-1631) Queen of Poland 1605-31. Second spouse of King Sigismund III Vasa and mother of King John II Casimir. Very rare L.S., `Constantia´, a bold black ink signature, one page, folio, Tykocin (small town north-east of Poland), 28th October 1630, to Archbishop Larissano, Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, in Latin. To the heading, Constance is referred to as Queen of Poland, Sweden, Grand Duchess of Lusatia, Rusia, Prusia, Masovia, Samogitia and Livonia, `Born Grand Duchess of Austria´. The Queen welcomes the new appointed nuncio to Warsaw, stating in part `..To what an extent your very clean origin and the excellent fame of your qualities precedes you.. We welcome you and your philosophy in this our Royal House.´ Queen Constance died of a stroke few months after the present letter was signed, at the early age of 42. With address leaf, letter from the `Regina´, bearing a royal paper seal affixed. Overall foxing, the text remaining fully legible, otherwise G
