LEOPOLD I: (1790-1865) First King of the Belgians 1831-65. Former German Prince. An intriguing A.L.S., `Leopold´ ...

LEOPOLD I: (1790-1865) First King of the Belgians 1831-65. Former German Prince. An intriguing A.L.S., `Leopold´, two pages, 8vo, Claremont, 24th July 1820, to Monsieur Favon, Councillor of the Legation of His Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg, in Paris, in French. The King responds promptly to his correspondent´s letter stating `..Your information is fully new for me, and because I do not have time today to talk to you in person and in detail, I only tell you for now that I authorize you to take on my account at Lafitte & Co 30.000 francs which I put at your disposal in order to help Madame Alexandra and the difficulties she is experiencing…´, Prince Leopold further says `..not going through her claims now, which seem to me a little exaggerated, I put the condition that her memoirs are given to you, and if this is done so and her behaviour becomes wiser, I will then try to sort out this in a more permanent way for her…´ With blank integral leaf. Paper with a C. Wilmott 1816 watermark. Accompanied by the original opened paper envelope, bearing a black wax seal in very fine condition to the verso. A rare and carefully worded letter by the future sovereign on a delicate, but crucial, matter to preserve the good name of his dynasty, that would provide not only a King for Belgium, but also a Prince Consort, his nephew Albert, for England. VG 'Madame Alexandra' was in fact the lover of Leopold's brother and was menacing to make their liaison public by publishing her Memoirs, which Leopold seeks to prevent at all costs to avoid a royal scandal