MOUNTBATTEN - Prince Alexander of HESSE-DARMSTADT (1823-1888 - Lot 152

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MOUNTBATTEN - Prince Alexander of HESSE-DARMSTADT (1823-1888 - Lot 152
MOUNTBATTEN - Prince Alexander of HESSE-DARMSTADT (1823-1888, He married morganatically Julia von Hauke, of low nobility, which made him renounce his titles and rights on the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt - Julia was titled Countess then Princess of Battenberg - The couple founded the House of Battenberg - They settled in England with the protection of Queen Victoria and their dynastic name was anglicized into Mountbatten - Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt is the great-grandfather of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II) / Autograph letter signed, 4 p in-8, headed with his dry crowned cipher, Darmstadt, March 24, 1866, to Count Gustave de Reiset (1821-1905) in Hanover, stamped envelope enclosed, countersigned "Pr. A. de H." and red wax seal to the Arms: His brother the Grand Duke of Hesse [Louis III] took it to reassure the Count of Reiset: "It would have been particularly pleasant for him to have you near him, on the occasion of the first performance of your new opera, which pleased him, he appreciates perfectly the reasons which prevented you from coming to us" [The Count of Reiset was a composer under the pseudonym of Gustave Teiset] - "Donna Maria was mounted with the greatest care and perfectly executed by all the artists : The Princess has asked me to congratulate you on the occasion of this new success that you have won on the stage of Darmstadt".
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