PHILIP II, KING OF SPAIN (1527-1598). Autograph letter signed ('Yo El Rey') to [Margaret of Austria], Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, London, 21 June 1557, writing to his half-sister apparently with regret for a hiatus in their correspondence, for he is feeling lonely (mentioning 'la soledad con que me deja' ) and desires strongly to stress the depth of his fraternal affection ( 'me obliga el amore ... que ay entre nosotros' ), whilst enquiring after her health, also reporting 'tan buenos nuebos' about the health of her son [Alexander Farnese] amongst his news, one page , folio (298 x 200mm) , bifolium (small tears along folds, a couple of minute holes, loss to the base of the blank page of the bifolium).
PHILIP II, KING OF SPAIN (1527-1598). Autograph letter signed ('Yo El Rey') to [Margaret of Austria], Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, London, 21 June 1557, writing to his half-sister apparently with regret for a hiatus in their correspondence, for he is feeling lonely (mentioning 'la soledad con que me deja' ) and desires strongly to stress the depth of his fraternal affection ( 'me obliga el amore ... que ay entre nosotros' ), whilst enquiring after her health, also reporting 'tan buenos nuebos' about the health of her son [Alexander Farnese] amongst his news, one page , folio (298 x 200mm) , bifolium (small tears along folds, a couple of minute holes, loss to the base of the blank page of the bifolium). Margaret of Austria, the illegitimate daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, was close to her half-brother, Philip II; after leaving Italy for the Netherlands in 1555, she entrusted the care of her only surviving son to him. In turn, he appointed her Governor of the Netherlands in 1559 when he left for Spain, where her son, Alexander (future Duke of Parma), would be raised.
PHILIP II, KING OF SPAIN (1527-1598). Autograph letter signed ('Yo El Rey') to [Margaret of Austria], Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, London, 21 June 1557, writing to his half-sister apparently with regret for a hiatus in their correspondence, for he is feeling lonely (mentioning 'la soledad con que me deja' ) and desires strongly to stress the depth of his fraternal affection ( 'me obliga el amore ... que ay entre nosotros' ), whilst enquiring after her health, also reporting 'tan buenos nuebos' about the health of her son [Alexander Farnese] amongst his news, one page , folio (298 x 200mm) , bifolium (small tears along folds, a couple of minute holes, loss to the base of the blank page of the bifolium).
PHILIP II, KING OF SPAIN (1527-1598). Autograph letter signed ('Yo El Rey') to [Margaret of Austria], Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, London, 21 June 1557, writing to his half-sister apparently with regret for a hiatus in their correspondence, for he is feeling lonely (mentioning 'la soledad con que me deja' ) and desires strongly to stress the depth of his fraternal affection ( 'me obliga el amore ... que ay entre nosotros' ), whilst enquiring after her health, also reporting 'tan buenos nuebos' about the health of her son [Alexander Farnese] amongst his news, one page , folio (298 x 200mm) , bifolium (small tears along folds, a couple of minute holes, loss to the base of the blank page of the bifolium). Margaret of Austria, the illegitimate daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst, was close to her half-brother, Philip II; after leaving Italy for the Netherlands in 1555, she entrusted the care of her only surviving son to him. In turn, he appointed her Governor of the Netherlands in 1559 when he left for Spain, where her son, Alexander (future Duke of Parma), would be raised.
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