Bidspirit auction | GEORGE III: (1738-1820)

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) - GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. A good L.S., Georgius R , with holograph subscription, one page, folio, St. James´s Palace, 14th March 1786, to King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, in Latin. The King states that he was greatly honoured to have received Ferdinand I´s letter announcing that the Queen, their wife, had happily given birth to a Princess, a daughter whom they have named Maria Clotilde, remarking ´We congratulate Your Majesty with all Our hearts on this most fortunate event, and We sincerely share in the joy that it brings´ and continuing to express his home that the Princess and the entire royal household will receive the protection of God. Countersigned ( ´Carmarthen´ ) at the foot by Francis Osborne (1751-1799) 5th Duke of Leeds, Marquess of Carmarthen, British politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1783-91. With integral address leaf bearing a blind embossed wafer seal (small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Ferdinand I (1751-1825) King of the Two Sicilies 1816-25, previously King of Naples as Ferdinand IV (1759-99, 1799-1806 & 1815-16) and King of Sicily as Ferdinand III (1759-1816). Maria Clotilde (1786-1792) Princess of Naples and Sicily, born on 18th February. Ferdinand I´s daughter had a short life of very frail health, contracting smallpox from her brothers which she then passed to her sister, Maria Henrietta. The two Princesses died within ten days of each other.