Mémoires concernant Christine, volume 2, page 40, Johan Arckenholtz, 1751
The letter:
Mon Cousin. J'ai commandé à Silfwercron de vous parler pour mes intérêts & de vous communiquer une partie de mes intentions. J'ai tant de confiance en votre amitié, que je ne doute pas de votre appui, & j'espère un bon succès de la seule autorité que vous avez & qui vous est justement dûë: je me reserve à vous communiquer de bouche mes sentimens, & cependant je vous prie de croire, que j'ai seule plus d'affection pour le bien de l'Etat, que tout le reste des hommes, & que je suis avec une passion inviolable
Mon Cousin
Votre plus affectionnée &
Mon Cousin
Votre plus affectionnée &
véritable Amie
CHRISTINE ALESSANDRA.
Hambourg ce —
CHRISTINE ALESSANDRA.
Hambourg ce —
Sept. 1660.
English translation (my own):
My Cousin,
I have ordered Silfvercrona to speak to you for my interests and to communicate some of my intentions to you. I have so much confidence in your friendship that I have no doubts about your support, and I hope good success from the only authority you have and which is rightly due to you. I reserve myself to communicate my feelings to you by mouth, and in the meantime I beg you to believe that I alone have more affection for the good of the State than for all other men, and that I am with an inviolable passion,
My Cousin,
Your most affectionate and true friend
Kristina Alessandra.
Hamburg, September —, 1660
Above: Kristina.
Above: Per Brahe.
I have ordered Silfvercrona to speak to you for my interests and to communicate some of my intentions to you. I have so much confidence in your friendship that I have no doubts about your support, and I hope good success from the only authority you have and which is rightly due to you. I reserve myself to communicate my feelings to you by mouth, and in the meantime I beg you to believe that I alone have more affection for the good of the State than for all other men, and that I am with an inviolable passion,
My Cousin,
Your most affectionate and true friend
Kristina Alessandra.
Hamburg, September —, 1660
Above: Kristina.
Above: Per Brahe.
Note: In accordance with the nobility's ideals in the early modern era, kings and queens considered themselves siblings; when talking to someone of a lower rank than their own, they would refer to that person as "my cousin", regardless of whether or not they were related.
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