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MARIE CASIMIRE QUEEN OF POLAND: (1641-1716) Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d - MARIE CASIMIRE QUEEN OF POLAND: (1641-1716) Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d´Arquien, also known as Marysienka. Queen consort of Poland 1676-96, as spouse of King John III Sobieski, and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. Extremely rare A.L.S., `Marie Casimire Reyne´ (''Marie Casimire Queen''), three pages, small 4to, 29th June, n.y., to her son, in French. A good letter in the Queen´s hand, in an often ''written as it sounds'' French. Marie Casimire states in part `I cannot deny, my very dear son, these lines to you on behalf of the Count of Betune my nephew, by which he begs you to be kind with him during the time of the campaign..´ further saying `.. he is not discreditable, but on the other hand he is not flattering me at all, he is only expecting that you will grant to me his protection which he asks and would receive it as a grace and would be obliged to us, praying God my very dear son.. for our armies…sending his blessings and saying that a mother has never deserved more than me..´ Paper with attractive watermark. VG £1200-1800 James Louis Sobieski (1667-1737) Polish politician and diplomat, first son of King John III of Poland and Marie Casimire. He was the first heir not elected to succeed his deceased father and Monarch. Marie Casimire had four children with her first husband, all of them died in infancy. Only few months after her husband´s death she married John Sobieski, living together a famously happy couple life, giving birth to 13 children, only four surviving to adulthood. Their sincere love letters and their reflections on contemporary issues made them famous in Poland. James was her first and beloved surviving son. François Gaston Bethune-Selles (1638-1692) Marquess of Chabris and a Lieutenant-General in the French army. He married Marie Louise de la Grange, sister of Queen Marie Casimire.