[QUEEN OF SPAIN] Marie-Hippolyte Gueilly marquis of RUMIGNY. 1784-1871. Diplomat, Peer of France, ambassador in Turin then in Brussels. L.A.S. to Queen Marie-Amélie. Brussels, March 3, 1845. 4 pp. bifeuillet in-4. Important letter on the affairs of Spain, about the Duke of Cadiz. The diplomat informs the Queen of what he calls an "unspeakable fact". The Infanta Isabel-Fernande (niece of Ferdinand VII, cousin of Queen Isabel, first Lady of the Belgian Court) has received a letter from her father [Don François de Paule de Bourbon (1794-1865) Duke of Cadiz, his son François d'Assisi will marry Queen Isabel of Spain in 1846] announcing his intention to remarry a princess and asking for help in his choice. He pointed specifically to a princess of the Royal House of Prussia of a Catholic branch, or a Russian princess. He wanted to marry a princess because he thought that it would be preferable to "a particular one as he was invited to do [...]". But at the same time, the Infanta learned from Madrid that her poor father is about to do some great folly. Her sisters have told her that their father's house is no longer tenable for them, so strange is their father's behavior. Queen Isabella did not know whom to turn to, reduced to invoking the help of the Duke of Riansares. Rumigny suggests to the Queen to come to the aid of the Infanta. He then discusses at length the affairs of the Prince of Capua [Charles-Ferdinand de Bourbon, nephew of Marie-Amélie], about whom he sends her a letter. His brother is grateful for the Queen's intention to send him to Dresden; he hopes that the King's choice will fall on M. de Serey to replace M. de Bussières as ambassador. Provenance : Maison Charavay.