Charles II, In Exile at the Court of Louis XIV in France, Thanks the Baron of Normandy for Sheltering His Naval Forces During the Anglo-Dutch War
A nice letter, signed as King, during his exile, relating to the fight against his erstwhile Kingdom
Charles had been run out of England by Oliver Cromwell and would remain exiled until the restoration in 1600
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I’s execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax...
Charles had been run out of England by Oliver Cromwell and would remain exiled until the restoration in 1600
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I’s execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649. But England entered the period known as the Interregnum or the Commonwealth, and the country was a de facto republic led by Cromwell. Cromwell defeated Charles II at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, and Charles fled to mainland Europe. Cromwell became virtual dictator of England, Scotland and Ireland. Charles spent the next nine years in exile in France, the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Netherlands.
The First Anglo-Dutch War, or simply the First Dutch War was a conflict fought entirely at sea between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. There was a strong contingent among the Dutch who were sympathetic to the position of Charles II and, along with the French King, or Christian Monarch, supported him with the goal of also weakening their English enemies.
In 1652, it is written that Charles II, the former King, was reduced to eating his meals in pubs. And the Dutch apparently did not welcome open involvement in the monarchical machinations on the other side of the channel, so Charles did not directly fight in the first war against England. However, his supporters were active and he had a supply of French naval forces that fought under his auspices.
Letter signed, October 31, 1652, to the Baron de Serteville. “Having been notified of the good will that you have shown toward me in the favorable welcome and good reception of my vessels, and the men of war at the Ports of Normandy near Cherbourg, where you have all power and authority, I write you this letter to thank you, as the bearer of this le Sieur Chevalier Brun, resident at the court of my very dear Christian King, will testify, to whom I ask you to give faith in all he will say to you…”
Sale records for this remarkable letter date back to a prominent auction in 1869.
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