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Empress Wilhelmina Amalia Letter Signed

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Empress Wilhelmina Amalia Letter Signed
<B>Empress Wilhelmina Amalia Manuscript Letter Signed</B></I> “<I>Amalia</B></I>” in Latin, one page, 8” x 12”. Vienna, January 7, 1713. Integral leaf addressed to Count Carl Ferdinand. Not translated. In 1699, Wilhelmina Amalia married Joseph who succeeded his father as Holy Roman Emperor in 1705; she became Empress. After her husband's death in 1711 she lived secluded in a wing of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. Her titles are at the head of the letter: Holy Roman Empress, Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Brunswick-Lüneburg. Royal seal and ribbon affixed to address leaf with red wax. Fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)