Princess Isabel sends New Year's greetings, in perfect French, with a photograph of her grandchildren.
New Year's postcard, in the form of a family photograph, with a dedication from Princess Isabel to an unknown recipient.
One page.
In French.
8.9 cm x 14 cm.
Probably at the Château d'Eu, in France, in 1910.
Excellent condition of conservation.
Unique piece.
Very happy new year! Affectionately Isabelle Countess of Eu Pierre-Henri and Louis Gaston
Here Princess Isabel, aged 63 or 64, landed with her grandsons Pedro Henrique and Louis Gaston, sons of her second son and heir Dom Luiz de Orleans e Bragança, the Perfect Prince. Exiled since 1889 and with several moves, Gaston ended up buying the Château d'Eu in Normandy, his grandfather's former home, without having actually recovered his former position in the Orléanist line of succession to the French throne. The couple's three sons had entered a military school in Vienna, while the princess continued with her charitable work linked to the Catholic Church.
Isabel never imagined herself assuming the position of monarch of Brazil and wrote one day after the republican coup d'état: "if abolition is the cause of this, I do not regret it; I consider it worth losing the throne for it" .The Princess was happy with the aristocratic life, focused on family and religion, taking care of charitable works, enjoying the arts, such as theater, painting or music.
This family photograph and this short, cheerful text reveal a Princess without great responsibility, relieved, living happy moments, just a few years before a devastating First World War.
