Autograph Letters, Historical Documents & Manuscripts
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Mar 26, 2020
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 773:
ALFONSO XIII OF SPAIN: (1886-1941) King of Spain 1886-1931. An excellent L.S., `Alfonso RH´, one page, folio ...
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ALFONSO XIII OF SPAIN: (1886-1941) King of Spain 1886-1931. An excellent L.S., `Alfonso RH´, one page, folio, Palace of Madrid, 14th October 1912, to the President of the Peru Republic, in Spanish. Alfonso XIII, as King, announces to his correspondent at the same time the sad news of the death of his sister, and the happy birth of his niece Infanta Pilar of Borbon, stating in part `I comply my duty of informing you that my ill-starred sister, Her Royal Highness Infanta of Spain Maria Teresa
gave birth on 15th September..´ A very clean document with a good signature example. EX £100-150 Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain (1882-1912) second child of Alfonso XII and Maria Christina of Austria, and sister of Alfonso XIII. Maria Teresa died at the very early age of 29, a week after having given birth to her fourth child, Infanta Pilar, as mentioned on the present letter.
