EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA: (1759-1828) Empress Consort of Russia, the second wife of Tsar Paul I and ...

EMPRESS MARIA FEODOROVNA: (1759-1828) Empress Consort of Russia, the second wife of Tsar Paul I and mother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I. L.S., La bone Soeur Marie, one page, 4to, Saint Petersburg, 3rd March 1815, to His Sicilian Majesty, in French. The Empress congratulates His Majesty for the Royal family new-born stating `My Brother, I hasten to express to Your Majesty my sincere interest learning by your letter dated 19th December about the Royal Princess and heiress happy childbirth..´ and further continues `…I share with you the joy of such an event which brings joy to Your August Family and I beg you to believe in my congratulations for the birth of Your Little Daughter and my best wishes, happiness and prosperity to the Princess new-born…´ With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing a red wax seal. VG £200-300 Ferdinand I (1751-1825) King of the Two Sicilies 1816-25, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759 Ferdinand III of the Kingdom of Sicily. Maria Isabella of Spain (1789-1848) Infanta of Spain and Queen Consort of the Two Sicilies 1825-30 as spouse of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898) Born 19th December 1814.