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Prince Albert's Family Papers

Papers relating to Prince Albert’s relationships with various family members

      PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT (1819-61)

      Copy letter from the Prince Consort to the Princes Ernest and Edward of Leiningen

      1 Apr 1861

      Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (1 page) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/M/10/112

      Copy letter from the Prince Consort to the Princes Ernest and Edward of Leiningen, as executors of the late Duchess of Kent, reporting that she had left them both legacies of £3,000. He asks to whom these sums are to be paid.

      • Creator(s)

        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (writer)

        Eduard, Prince of Leiningen (1833-1914) (addressee)

      • 1 document (1 page) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Windsor Castle
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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