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Letter from Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, place of writing not identified, to Richelieu, undated : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
190649
Accession number
MA 4801 (07)
Creator
Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669, sender.
Display Date
Place not identified, between 1609 and 1642
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 pages)
Notes
Item 1142 in the Wrightsman gift.
The conjectural dates of production are based on the birth of Henrietta Maria and the death of Richelieu.
With address panel.
Signed "Henrietta Marie."
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Saying she is grateful for the care he takes in her interests and that she doesn't know how to sufficiently thank him. Adding that she has already written to him several times about the ambassador [le marquis de Chateauneuf?], so she won't write about him further. Saying she has such contempt for what the ambassador might do that if it did not affect her brother, the king [Louis XIII], she would never speak of it. Saying the ambassador is doing the king great wrong and requesting Richelieu's assistance.