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Collection	Correspondence of Foreign Royal Families
Reference	GEO/MAIN/51715-51721
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of Württemberg, to George, Prince of Wales, on the war between France and Austria, the peace treaty, the new status conferred on her and her husband, and the visits of the Emperor Napoleon and the Empress Josephine to them.
Date	9 January 1806
Writer	Württemberg, Charlotte, Princess Royal, Queen of (1766-1828)
Addressee	George, Prince of Wales (1762-1830)
Description	The Duchess, now Queen, writes to give her brother an account of the war and the change in her and her husband's situation, which she thinks have been misrepresented in the British press, and comments that she believes Napoleon wishes for peace with Great Britain; the rebuff to his peace overtures to the German and Austrian Emperors resulted in much bloodshed in the battle of Austerlitz. She praises both Napoleon and Josephine.
Place Of Writing	Stuttgart
Language	English
Extent	1 document (14 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript papers, mounted
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Publications	Published in A. Aspinall, "The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales 1770-1812", Vol. 5, 2119.
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