[An autograph letter signed by Charles Louis, heir to the Electorate of the Palatinate].
[s.i.].
[s.n.], [1638].
Folio.
Manuscript on paper. Single bifolium. Several old horizontal and vertical folds, a trifle creased and dust-soiled. Loss to integral address leaf, armorial seal to verso.
An autograph letter signed by Charles Louis, Elector Palatine (1617-1680), in English, addressed to the Lord Keeper, Thomas Coventry, First Baron Coventry (1578-1640), acknowledging his 'good offices' via the bearer Sir Richard Cave (d. 1645).
Charles Louis was the eldest surviving son of Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596- 1632) and Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662), sister of Charles I of England. After his parents were deposed and forced into exile in 1620 and the death of his father in 1632, Charles Louis was sent by his mother to the court of his maternal uncle. There, he devoted considerable effort to soliciting the King's courtiers to support a campaign to reclaim the Electorate of the Palatinate. It is evident from this letter that Coventry supported his endeavour: 'you still contrive to performe in whatsoever doth concern the furtherance of my service'.
The letter was written on 13th September, 1638, a month prior to the Battle of Vlotho in which the forces of Charles Louis, with the support of English and Swiss infantry, were roundly defeated by the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, thus marking the end of his Palatine cause and prominent English intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
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Antiquates Ref: 24262
Charles Louis was the eldest surviving son of Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596- 1632) and Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662), sister of Charles I of England. After his parents were deposed and forced into exile in 1620 and the death of his father in 1632, Charles Louis was sent by his mother to the court of his maternal uncle. There, he devoted considerable effort to soliciting the King's courtiers to support a campaign to reclaim the Electorate of the Palatinate. It is evident from this letter that Coventry supported his endeavour: 'you still contrive to performe in whatsoever doth concern the furtherance of my service'.
The letter was written on 13th September, 1638, a month prior to the Battle of Vlotho in which the forces of Charles Louis, with the support of English and Swiss infantry, were roundly defeated by the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, thus marking the end of his Palatine cause and prominent English intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
