Elector of Brandenburg (1620-1688). Letter with signature. "Cölln on the Spree". 2.I.1665. Fol. 1 1/2 p. With paper-covered seal (slightly torn and piercing). To a prince to whom he announces the death of Margrave Christian Wilhelm of Brandenburg. The Margrave was "yesterday evening at 11 o'clock in the evening at Zinna Monastery after physical weakness in the 78th year of his age, called away from this world and, according to the souls, transferred to his Eternal Kingdom". Christian Wilhelm had converted to the Catholic faith in 1632, whereupon 12,000 Taler per year from the income of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg in 1635 and the offices of Loburg and Zinna in 1648 were assigned to him. - A little bit browned and stained.
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