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PIERRE III (1728-1762) Tsar de Russie

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PIERRE III (1728-1762) Tsar de Russie

L.S. "Pierre Grand-Duc", Saint-Petersburg 27 February 1756, to Ernest-Frédéric III of SAXEHILDBURGHAUSEN| 1 page in-4| in Russian, with German translation of the time.
Very rare letter from the future Tsar.
[Pierre III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, is then Grand Duke| he married in 1745 the woman who would become Catherine II| he ascended the throne on January 5, 1762, only to be assassinated on July 9, the following day, at the age of 34].
He congratulates his cousin the Duke on the birth of his daughter Princess Frédérique-Sophie-Julienne-Caroline (born December 5, 1755), and already dead (January 10, 1756) at the time of writing this letter.