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Fine typed letter dated October 21st 1913 accompanied by its original envelope sent registered from Castel Peles from Pauline Elisabeth Ottilie Luise zu Wied (1843-1916), Queen consort of Romania. the letter is addressed to Baroness Deichmann at Schloss Bendeleben.
As the wife of King Carol I of Romania, she widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva. Elisabeth was the aunt of William of Albania (sister to William, 5th Prince of Wied, father of William of Albania).Born at "Schloss Monrepos" in Neuwied, she was the daughter of Hermann, Prince of Wied, and his wife Princess Marie of Nassau, daughter of William, Duke of Nassau (and sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg). Elisabeth had artistic leanings; her childhood featured seances and visits to the local lunatic asylum.
She first met Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in Berlin in 1861. In 1869, Karl, who was now Prince Carol of Romania, traveled to Germany in search of a suitable consort. He was reunited with Elisabeth, and the two were married on 15 November 1869 in Neuwied. Their only child, a daughter, Maria, died in 1874 at age three — an event from which Elisabeth never recovered. She was crowned Queen of Romania in 1881 after Romania was proclaimed a kingdom. In the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 she devoted herself to the care of the wounded, and founded the Order of Elizabeth (a gold cross on a blue ribbon) to reward distinguished service in such work. She fostered the higher education of women in Romania, and established societies for various charitable objects.
As "Carmen Sylva", she wrote with facility in German, Romanian, French and English. In 1881, due to the lack of heirs to the Romanian throne, King Carol I adopted his nephew, Ferdinand. Ferdinand, a complete stranger in his new home, started to get close to one of Elisabeth's ladies in waiting Elena Văcărescu. Elisabeth, very close to Elena herself, encouraged the romance, although she was perfectly aware of the fact that a marriage between the two was forbidden by the Romanian constitution. (According to the 1866 Constitution of Romania, the heir to the throne was not allowed to marry a Romanian).
The result of this was the exile of both Elisabeth (in Neuwied) and Elena (in Paris), as well as a trip by Ferdinand through Europe in search of a suitable bride, whom he eventually found in Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Marie of Edinburgh. The affair helped reinforce Elisabeth's image as a dreamer and eccentric.
Quite unusually for a queen, Elisabeth of Wied was personally of the opinion that a Republican form of government was preferable to Monarchy - an opinion which she expressed forthrightly in her diary. She died at Curtea de Argeş in Romania.
This letter is typed on embossed Elisabeth stationary from Castel Peres, a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania. The estate built by King Carol I was named the Royal Estate of Sinaia. It is addressed to her friend Baroness Hilda Elizabeth Deichmann (1878-1958) of Schloss Bendeleben, author of The Life of Carmen Sylva, Queen of Romania. She mentions the Albanian Question relating to the defeat of the Ottomans in the First Balkan War. The new country she refers to is Albania whose borders were significantly reduced after the war and needed a monarch.
She refers to "Willy" and this is Prince Wilhelm zu Wied. He was the younger brother of the sixth Prince of Wied, an old aristocratic family from the Rhineland who traced their ancestors back to the tenth century. Prince Wilhelm was born in 1876 and, as a 37-year-old, was perfectly suited to pose his candidacy. He served as a major in the third Uhlan Guard Regiment in Potsdam and received training in the general staff. He married Sophie, Princess of Schönberg-Waldenburg, in 1906 with whom he had two children: Princess Eleonore and Prince Karl Viktor, born in 1913. His mother was a Dutch princess and his aunt was Elisabeth of Romania.
Prince Wilhelm was an imposing, manly figure who was, by nature, however, very reserved. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany opposed his candidacy and regarded him as unsuitable "since the Prince is a weakling." When Prince Wilhelm zu Wied visited his uncle, King Carol of Romania, in October 1913, he spent some time incognito in Vienna for consultations with Count Berchtold. Berchtold insisted that he should make a quick decision since the situation in Albania made this necessary. Prince Wied, who wanted to consult with his uncle first, hesitated for some time until he reached his decision. On 31 December 1913, he stated that he would accept the Albanian throne
It was clearly typed with difficulty due to her poor eyesight from the typing errors and the handwritten message in pencil on the back of the letter:
"Sinai Oct 21 1913 My darling Hilda! I am afraid it will be too late in the year for Sinai, you might feel the change too much in your dear heart! I can't take the responsibility to let you come so xxx! The weather is still very fine, but it changes so quickly and a heavy snowstorm may set tle at any hour now, there has been a brusque change in the last two days, after a real summer too beautiful for words! If you had only come a little sooner, but November, when we may be called away for the opening of Parliament before its time, is not reasonable.
I am afraid I must not let you come! For if you are unwell here your children will reproach me for not having warned before!
What a great pity! The King says we can't take the responsibility, just as woth Elisabethchen, he says we may not let her come, the journey is too long and too great a risk.
They don't seem to have sung to you, and is one of the finest things you can hear. Wisas compositions sung by the two sisters, it make you weep. I am so sorry you didn't hear that and now you can't go back on your xxx. If you had heard Wisas compositions you would have told me because they are really very beautiful, I long to see them and don't see the way! The joy to have the two families Willy and Victor is very great, the dear child Manina is too delicious and I am a perfect slave for the first time in the role of a grandmother.
Victor's are going now, but Willy's remain still on account of the Albanian question which is coming nearer and seems likely to become a reality. I should be so happy to have them so near and in the same Beru Beruf that I have. It would be such an intercourse and comprehension! I hope with all my heart that William may accept the difficult but most interesting mission.
My eyes were to be operated in October, but that is out of the question now, as there are other more interesting things going on, I shall have to wait for a quieter time. They are very difficult to bear as I see less and less and can't read alone since a whole year. People tell me to get read to, but my reading hours were those when noboday can come near me, when I am with or near the King during his rest. I used to read between three and eight in the morning and between three and six in the afternoon. Then nobody can come in. We still have musik and Ensvco is more wonderful than ever. He He gives me the time when he is free, so that I enjoy musik more than if I could go to concerts and theatres.
Yesterday we had tqo quintettes of Beethoven, they were magnificent, Maniian, though only four years old sit quite still and enjoy them profoundly. he is so fond of musik and accustomed to hear a great deal"
Handwritten part:
"We are here, all the angels and help and we know how beautiful it will be. You will meet later not just now but your souls are united.
Fear not you will come together. We must work for the new country
Amen"
Size: 25.5 x 20 cm approx.
As the wife of King Carol I of Romania, she widely known by her literary name of Carmen Sylva. Elisabeth was the aunt of William of Albania (sister to William, 5th Prince of Wied, father of William of Albania).Born at "Schloss Monrepos" in Neuwied, she was the daughter of Hermann, Prince of Wied, and his wife Princess Marie of Nassau, daughter of William, Duke of Nassau (and sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg). Elisabeth had artistic leanings; her childhood featured seances and visits to the local lunatic asylum.
She first met Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen in Berlin in 1861. In 1869, Karl, who was now Prince Carol of Romania, traveled to Germany in search of a suitable consort. He was reunited with Elisabeth, and the two were married on 15 November 1869 in Neuwied. Their only child, a daughter, Maria, died in 1874 at age three — an event from which Elisabeth never recovered. She was crowned Queen of Romania in 1881 after Romania was proclaimed a kingdom. In the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 she devoted herself to the care of the wounded, and founded the Order of Elizabeth (a gold cross on a blue ribbon) to reward distinguished service in such work. She fostered the higher education of women in Romania, and established societies for various charitable objects.
As "Carmen Sylva", she wrote with facility in German, Romanian, French and English. In 1881, due to the lack of heirs to the Romanian throne, King Carol I adopted his nephew, Ferdinand. Ferdinand, a complete stranger in his new home, started to get close to one of Elisabeth's ladies in waiting Elena Văcărescu. Elisabeth, very close to Elena herself, encouraged the romance, although she was perfectly aware of the fact that a marriage between the two was forbidden by the Romanian constitution. (According to the 1866 Constitution of Romania, the heir to the throne was not allowed to marry a Romanian).
The result of this was the exile of both Elisabeth (in Neuwied) and Elena (in Paris), as well as a trip by Ferdinand through Europe in search of a suitable bride, whom he eventually found in Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Marie of Edinburgh. The affair helped reinforce Elisabeth's image as a dreamer and eccentric.
Quite unusually for a queen, Elisabeth of Wied was personally of the opinion that a Republican form of government was preferable to Monarchy - an opinion which she expressed forthrightly in her diary. She died at Curtea de Argeş in Romania.
This letter is typed on embossed Elisabeth stationary from Castel Peres, a Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania. The estate built by King Carol I was named the Royal Estate of Sinaia. It is addressed to her friend Baroness Hilda Elizabeth Deichmann (1878-1958) of Schloss Bendeleben, author of The Life of Carmen Sylva, Queen of Romania. She mentions the Albanian Question relating to the defeat of the Ottomans in the First Balkan War. The new country she refers to is Albania whose borders were significantly reduced after the war and needed a monarch.
She refers to "Willy" and this is Prince Wilhelm zu Wied. He was the younger brother of the sixth Prince of Wied, an old aristocratic family from the Rhineland who traced their ancestors back to the tenth century. Prince Wilhelm was born in 1876 and, as a 37-year-old, was perfectly suited to pose his candidacy. He served as a major in the third Uhlan Guard Regiment in Potsdam and received training in the general staff. He married Sophie, Princess of Schönberg-Waldenburg, in 1906 with whom he had two children: Princess Eleonore and Prince Karl Viktor, born in 1913. His mother was a Dutch princess and his aunt was Elisabeth of Romania.
Prince Wilhelm was an imposing, manly figure who was, by nature, however, very reserved. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany opposed his candidacy and regarded him as unsuitable "since the Prince is a weakling." When Prince Wilhelm zu Wied visited his uncle, King Carol of Romania, in October 1913, he spent some time incognito in Vienna for consultations with Count Berchtold. Berchtold insisted that he should make a quick decision since the situation in Albania made this necessary. Prince Wied, who wanted to consult with his uncle first, hesitated for some time until he reached his decision. On 31 December 1913, he stated that he would accept the Albanian throne
It was clearly typed with difficulty due to her poor eyesight from the typing errors and the handwritten message in pencil on the back of the letter:
"Sinai Oct 21 1913 My darling Hilda! I am afraid it will be too late in the year for Sinai, you might feel the change too much in your dear heart! I can't take the responsibility to let you come so xxx! The weather is still very fine, but it changes so quickly and a heavy snowstorm may set tle at any hour now, there has been a brusque change in the last two days, after a real summer too beautiful for words! If you had only come a little sooner, but November, when we may be called away for the opening of Parliament before its time, is not reasonable.
I am afraid I must not let you come! For if you are unwell here your children will reproach me for not having warned before!
What a great pity! The King says we can't take the responsibility, just as woth Elisabethchen, he says we may not let her come, the journey is too long and too great a risk.
They don't seem to have sung to you, and is one of the finest things you can hear. Wisas compositions sung by the two sisters, it make you weep. I am so sorry you didn't hear that and now you can't go back on your xxx. If you had heard Wisas compositions you would have told me because they are really very beautiful, I long to see them and don't see the way! The joy to have the two families Willy and Victor is very great, the dear child Manina is too delicious and I am a perfect slave for the first time in the role of a grandmother.
Victor's are going now, but Willy's remain still on account of the Albanian question which is coming nearer and seems likely to become a reality. I should be so happy to have them so near and in the same Beru Beruf that I have. It would be such an intercourse and comprehension! I hope with all my heart that William may accept the difficult but most interesting mission.
My eyes were to be operated in October, but that is out of the question now, as there are other more interesting things going on, I shall have to wait for a quieter time. They are very difficult to bear as I see less and less and can't read alone since a whole year. People tell me to get read to, but my reading hours were those when noboday can come near me, when I am with or near the King during his rest. I used to read between three and eight in the morning and between three and six in the afternoon. Then nobody can come in. We still have musik and Ensvco is more wonderful than ever. He He gives me the time when he is free, so that I enjoy musik more than if I could go to concerts and theatres.
Yesterday we had tqo quintettes of Beethoven, they were magnificent, Maniian, though only four years old sit quite still and enjoy them profoundly. he is so fond of musik and accustomed to hear a great deal"
Handwritten part:
"We are here, all the angels and help and we know how beautiful it will be. You will meet later not just now but your souls are united.
Fear not you will come together. We must work for the new country
Amen"
Size: 25.5 x 20 cm approx.
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