Anne-Marie Martinozzi, princess of CONTI (1637-1672), niece - Lot 320

Lot n° 320
Go to lot
Estimation :
300 - 400 EUR
Result without fees
Result : 920EUR
Anne-Marie Martinozzi, princess of CONTI (1637-1672), niece - Lot 320
Anne-Marie Martinozzi, princess of CONTI (1637-1672), niece of Mazarin. 3 L.A., 1659- 1660, to the Duchess of SAINT-SIMON; 11 pages in-4, 2 addresses with red wax seals (broken); engraved portrait enclosed. Friendly correspondence of the young princess of Conti at the time of the marriage of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Spain (which will take place on June 9, 1660, following the treaty of the Pyrenees, signed on November 7, 1759). [Diane-Henriette de Budos (1629-1670), first wife of Claude de Saint-Simon, was a first cousin of the mother of the Prince of Conti]. Bordeaux, October 1, 1659. The princess comforts her friend who thinks she is very ill, and is sorry to be far from her: "We are leaving on Monday for Toulouse and I think we will not see each other for a long time if by chance you are made a lady-in-waiting you will come to find us as soon as we find Mr. Cardinal who is in Toulouse I will speak to him about it"... [Mazarin will be in Toulouse in November, on his return from Ile aux Faisans where he signed the treaty of the Pyrenees.] Toulouse, January 2, 1660: "I am terribly sorry not to receive your letters [...]. [...] The Court left and I could not follow because I am badly [...] our business is accomodated we will have the government of Chapagne with sixty thousand livres of income, more than we would have in Guyenne"... Pézenas, January 26, 1660. The Court is in Aix-en-Provence: "Monsieur mon mari si est allé rejoindre monsieur le prince n'estoit pas encore arrive [the Prince de Condé will come to Aix to receive the royal pardon] we will see him in good company we will spend the caresme and then we will go to do the wedding and me if God pleases I will go to Bourbon"...
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue