CHRISTINE DE SUEDE (1626-1689) Reine de Suède Lot n° 46

CHRISTINE OF SWEDEN (1626-1689) Queen of Sweden. L.A. (minute), [Rome 1669?], to Franz Egon von FÜRSTENBERG, bishop of Strasbourg; 4 pages in-4 with erasures and corrections. Beautiful letter from exile in Rome on his difficult financial situation, and his relations with the French Court concerning the money promised at the time of his abdication. She thanks the bishop for his New Year's letter, "begging you to believe that these marks of your friendship have been pleasantly received by me and I also want to assure you that you have not been deceived into believing that I am sincerely your friend to you and to Mr. Prince your brother". She thanks him for his offer "to serve me at the French court", and explains "the state of things"... "... Il y a longtemps qu'on me doit un reste de subsides des gens passes d'Allemange que je me suis reserve a mon Abdication", and which she solicited at the French Court "en personne lorsque j'y estoy. Lon me promit de me satisfaire et on me paya mesme quelque peu darrrrrrggent qque je receus a ce conte differant le reste a un temps plus comode", which she did not claim. "But the misfortunes of the time and the loss of all that I possessed in Sweden and Germany forced me to bring back this old pretension, which is the only resource I have left in the present state [...] This is why I wrote about this subject in France, to try and get something out of it, either capital or interest. The Cardinal d'Este was asked to bring her the reply, in which she understood "that no one is willing to do me justice on this matter at present, and I am not too surprised, knowing full well that I am not the only one in the world who lacks money"... The Cardinal d'Este has returned to France, and she awaits his return with hope... "You will not persuade me to do justice to this matter at present [...]. You will not persuade me that the dispositions of the French Court are favorable to me, for I know that the good offices rendered to me every day will not fail to produce their ordinary effects as they did in the past. Fortunately, I have become accustomed since I was born of the rays to doing without anything that is not God, so you see that I have no desire to console myself for all the misfortunes that befall me"...