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HISTORY - HOLLAND - Lot of three autograph letters signed
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HISTORY - HOLLAND - Lot of three autograph letters signed

Lot 492 · The Langer Collection · 29 April 2024
BEATRIX Queen of the Netherlands Holland
(Soestdijk Palace, 1938 - ). Daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernard, she married German diplomat Claus von Amsberg in 1966. In 1980, she succeeded her mother to the Dutch throne.
Autograph letter signed in Dutch; envelope.

MARGRIET Princess Holland (Ottawa, 1943 - ).Classical studies, then law at Leiden University.In 1967, she married Pieter Van Vollenhoven. The couple have 4 sons.
Autograph letter signed and dated 31.12 ? To Mrs. W. Mijssen-Soer, in Dutch.

NICOLA Charles-Erico (Basel, 1907 - Buchillon, 2001).A graduate in science from Lausanne University, during the Second World War he joined the Queen of Holland in Great Britain to resist the Nazis.After the war, he returned to his property in Buchillon, where rare species grow.Here he brought together scientists, politicians and thinkers committed to the cause of peace and the environment. He founded the World Meteorological Organization.
Autograph letter signed, dated Buchillon, 19.10.1956 to Alfred Langer: "…votre remarquable article dans la Gazette de Lausanne d'aujourd'hui vient de paraître au moment où l'annonce du décès de votre père s'y trouve plus loin…".