NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. A good A.L.S., `Nicolas

NICHOLAS I: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. A good A.L.S., `Nicolas´, three pages, 8vo, Tsarkoye Selo, 24th July 1831, to Countess Orlov, in French. The Emperor sends a warm and kind letter to Countess Orlov, referring to her husband and friend of him, stating in part `Please allow me Madame to apologize for being the cause of the quite often separations you and your husband suffer… Nevertheless, if it helps in any way to comfort you, I would say that all these difficult tasks entrusted to your husband make him prove his tireless zeal and his talents…on this precise occasion he is rending a service to me and to the Homeland, and he is doing so Madame in an admirable way. However we will still have to wait few more days before everything will be concluded. Please forgive me if I am always a permanent problem for you two...´ The emperor adds an interesting post-scriptum announcing `..I have just had the pleasure to watch my wife giving luckily birth to a son Nicolas.´ The document bears a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. One small tear not affecting the signature, otherwise VG £1000-1500 Alexei Feodorovich Orlov (1787-1862) Russian Diplomat and Count. One of the most trusted agents of Nicholas I as Ambassador and plenipotentiary at the Adrianople and Paris Peace treaties. He would later be appointed by the Emperor head of the infamous Third Section, the Russian secret police. Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891) Grand Duke of Russia, third son of Nicholas I. Field Marshal and Head Commander of the Russian Army.