Queen Henrietta Maria | Autograph letter signed to her son Charles II, 16 April 1655

Queen Henrietta Maria

Autograph letter signed, to her son Charles II

acknowledging receipt of his latest letter brought by [Henry] Bennet, in which she learns with disappointment of Charles's intention to return to Cologne, and expressing her continuing desire to see him restored to his rightful position, in French, 2 pages, 4to, integral autograph address leaf with two impressions in black wax of armorial seal and traces of silk ties, Paris, 16 April 1655, contemporary endorsements, traces of guard, strengthened, light browning

[with:] contemporary copies of letters by the Queen to the Earl of Castlehaven and "Monsieur Dillon", 2 pages,

Charles II spent much of his exile moving from court to court in search of aid. He lived in Cologne from 1654 to 1656.

PROVENANCE:

The Dukes of Ormonde (Kilkenny Castle ink stamps); Sotheby's, London, 19 July 1994, lot 259