1869 Fine letter VICTORIA, Princess Royal, Empress of Germany to Mary Ponsonby

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1869 Fine letter VICTORIA, Princess Royal, Empress of Germany to Mary Ponsonby
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Re Miss Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, & Womens education
1869 Fine & remarkable 7 page letter from VICTORIA, Princess Royal, ( Queen Victoria's first Child) later Empress of Germany, from the Palace at Potsdam to Mary Ponsonby, Wife of Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria's private secretary in which she writes about Princess Louise's visit to see the 1st Women Doctor Miss Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, London University for Women, Miss Frances Cobbe & Madame Bodchon. with Envelope addressed to Lady Ponsonby at Windsor Castle and endorsed "By Royal Messanger"
"May 2/1869
Neues Palais-Potsdam
My Dear Mary-
I hope you will not think me very neglectful or uncivil for not having yet answered your charming letter.
Many thanks for the papers. Lectures & books which I have found very interesting and was much pleased with.
I have not leant them to Dr Holtzendorff at Berlin.
I hear that the scheme of London University for Women is progressing satisfactory and that a good deal of money has been already got together for that purpose.
I Should so much like to know something more about Miss Frances Power Cobbe (Whose writings I like so very much) and Madame Bodichon, I believe both to have extended influence and a good deal of experience on the all important question of women's education and employment.
Can you not tell me whether they are very superior women and what is the opinion of serious and quiet though unprejudiced people-about them?.
I am so sorry for you that Louises visit to Miss Garett was partly disapproved of as it took place under your auspices there is really no harm in the world in it- only I fancy it would have been more prudent to have asked leave before-but I think dear Louise whom is no longer a baby, should meet clever people -and be well up in the questions of the day - her intelligence quite gratifies her for this- and as neither the Prince of Wales - nor Helena have time to give themselves much to studying the different deeply interesting social questions - it seems to me that Louise should give her attention to them-members of Royal families now a days ought not to betraid (betrayed) hard.
I think it is very right and very kind of you to help Louise of course , when I have a good opportunity, I shall say something about Miss Garett when I write to the Queen.
I have heard a great deal about Miss G. From Miss Durant- who knows her and seems to think a great deal of her- Miss D is staying here for a little while with Baron Triqueti.
I think so often of you dear Mary- wishing I could have the good fortune of soon going to England again, alas I fear there is no sort of chance for such happiness.
We had the most lovely weather a fortnight ago- & now it is cold and wretched - Pray kiss your dear children especially my god son from me- and remember me to your husband, Mary Biddulph & Lily.
Ever Yours most affectionate friend.
Victoria."
Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa;[1][2] 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of German Emperor Frederick III. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Albert, Prince Consort, and was created Princess Royal in 1841. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
Educated by her father in a politically liberal environment, Victoria was married at age 17 to Prince Frederick of Prussia, with whom she had eight children. Victoria shared with Frederick her liberal views and hopes that Prussia and the later German Empire should become a constitutional monarchy, based on the British model. Criticised for this attitude and for her English origins, Victoria suffered ostracism by the Hohenzollerns and the Berlin court. This isolation increased after the rise to power of Otto von Bismarck (one of her most staunch political opponents) in 1862.
Victoria was empress for only a few months, during which she had opportunity to influence the policy of the German Empire. Frederick III died in 1888 – 99 days after his accession – from laryngeal cancer and was succeeded by their son William II, who had much more conservative views than his parents. After her husband's death, she became widely known as Empress Frederick (German: Kaiserin Friedrich). The empress dowager then settled in Kronberg im Taunus, where she built Friedrichshof, a castle, named in honour of her late husband. Increasingly isolated after the weddings of her younger daughters, Victoria died of breast cancer on 5 August 1901, not long after her mother's death on 22 January 1901.
The correspondence between Victoria and her parents has been preserved almost completely: 3,777 letters from Queen Victoria to her eldest daughter, and about 4,000 letters from the empress to her mother are preserved and catalogued.[3] These give a detailed insight into life at the Prussian court between 1858 and 1900.
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1869 Fine & remarkable 7 page letter from VICTORIA, Princess Royal, ( Queen Victoria's first Child) later Empress of Germany, from the Palace at Potsdam to Mary Ponsonby, Wife of Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria's private secretary in which she writes about Princess Louise's visit to see the 1st Women Doctor Miss Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, London University for Women, Miss Frances Cobbe & Madame Bodchon. with Envelope addressed to Lady Ponsonby at Windsor Castle and endorsed "By Royal Messanger" "May 2/1869 Neues Palais-Potsdam My Dear Mary- I hope you will not think me very neglectful or uncivil for not having yet answered your charming letter. Many thanks for the papers. Lectures & books which I have found very interesting and was much pleased with. I have not leant them to Dr Holtze
Country
Germany
Royal Residence
New Palace
Royal/ Reign
Victoria (1837-1901)
Royal
Victoria, Princess Royal
City/Town/Village/Place
Potsdam
Subject type
Miss Garrett Anderson and Womens Education and rights
Era
1861-1870
Addressed to
Mary Ponsonby at Windsor Castle
Letter From
Victoria, Princess Royal, Empress Frederick
Type
Letter
Document Type
Original Manuscript Letter
Year of Issue
1869