they offer ontwo letters from Colditz from 1858.

Addressed to the Oberhofmarschall by Duke Wilhelm of Brunswick.

DatedColditz, 19. April and 18 December 1858.

In the first letter (described on 2 of 4 pages; 28.4 x 23 cm), the ducal court commissioner Carl Heinrich Ehrhardt {?} asks for permission to give the duke a "portrait made by me with a velvet frame for his high birthday present."

Addressed to "Sr. Excellency Lord Oberhofmarschall von Lübeck, Brunswick."

With note from Lübecks: "1858 the 29th April answered and thanked, but noted that Sr. Highness always carries full value{?}."

In the second letter (written on 2 of 4 pages; 21 x 14 cm) he thanks him for an "overwhelmed sample of the famous Brunswick sausage", "an excellent delicacy [...]."

Then about the sending of the duke's portrait, to whose will he submits (it is not clear whether the duke refused or agreed). He also offers to dispatch a plate with the duke's portrait and asks if the Oberhofmarschall can get him some wild boar meat from the Brunswick hunts. "I haven't had a chance to eat one in 25 years."

addressed to Anton Reinhold Wilhelm Liebig nobles of Lübeck (born 17. July 1783 in Koenigsberg, died. 24. June 1863 in Braunschweig), Brunswick military and Hofmthen 1813 Adjutant Heducated Friedrich Wilhelms, 1830 chamberlain, 1829/30 director of the court theater, 1837 aide-de-camp to Duke Wilhelms, 1847 major general, court marshal and chamberlain, 1854 Oberhofmarschall.

Condition: First letter: paper somewhat browned, stained and creased; with a smaller tear. Second letter: somewhat stained, with larger tears in the fold. Pleasealso note the pictures!

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Internal note: MM folder 2-3

About Duke Wilhelm von Braunschweig (source: wikipedia):

Wilhelm August Ludwig Maximilian Friedrich (* 25. April 1806 in Brunswick; † 18 October 1884 in Sibyllenort), Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, and Oels was Duke of Brunswick from 1830 until his death.

Life and work: Wilhelm was the second son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg and Maria von Baden (1782-1808), daughter of Karl Ludwig von Baden (1755-1801).

He grew up in London after the death of his mother. When his father fell in Quatre-Bras shortly after his return to Brunswick in 1815, he and his brother Karl came under the guardianship of their uncle George, King of Hanover and Prince Regent of Great Britain. De facto Braunschweig statesmen exercised their guardianship or they were in the care of educators.

The brothers stayed in Lausanne from 1820 to 1822, after which Wilhelm went to Göttingen to study until the autumn of 1823. Finally, he did the Prussian military service, which he himself described as the happiest time of his life.

He and his brother Karl inherited the Silesian Duchy of Oels from his father, which they jointly owned until 1824. When Karl was able to take over the government in Brunswick after he had come of age, he left the Duchy of Oels to Wilhelm. Wilhelm spent a lot of time in Oels until the end of his life and also died there.

Military career: On 30. On October 18, 1821 Wilhelm was first appointed Rittmeister in the Hanoverian Guard Hussar Regiment and on 17. February 1826 also in the Prussian 2. Gardelandwehr Cavalry Regiment. He was promoted to major on April 22. October 1828.[2] At 6. On March 1, 1843, he became Major General in charge of the Magdeburg Hussar Regiment No. 10 and a little later appointed Lieutenant General. From 30. March 1844 he was general of the cavalry and finally on 27. June 1848 Royal Hanoverian field marshal. He was the owner of the Hanoverian Guard Cuirassier Regiment and the Bohemian Dragoon Regiment No. 7.[3]

On the Brunswick throne 1830–1884: In September 1830 there was a popular uprising in Brunswick against Duke Karl II, Wilhelm's older brother. Karl had infuriated the population with his style of government, which was reminiscent of absolutist times. The conflict culminated in the residential palace going up in flames and Karl fleeing town and country. At the request of the Braunschweig magistrate, Wilhelm took over the regency for his brother just two days later. With the beginning of the regency, the Duchy of Brunswick also got a new constitution, the Landschafts-Ordnung, which guaranteed the citizens important basic rights. The aim was to get the country back on calm waters as quickly as possible. However, the question of the throne remained unresolved for some time.

In May 1831, the German Confederation declared the fled Duke Karl II. finally found to be incapable of governing, and Wilhelm was thus the legitimate successor, which Austria later recognized. However, the incapacity to govern referred only to Karl as a person, not to his possible heirs. The succession to the throne thus remained explicitly open.[4] As a result, Wilhelm had to reckon with the fact that he would not be able to enforce a claim to the throne for his own heirs. How significant this uncertainty was for him is unclear. The fact is, however, that he refrained from marrying and remained without legitimate heirs - just like his brother Karl. With Wilhelm's death in 1884, the "New House of Brunswick", which had ruled in the Welf ancestral lands since 1533 and which represented the older Welf line alongside the "New House of Lüneburg" (later the House of Hanover), became extinct.

Succession: After Wilhelm's death, a regency council took over the affairs of state in Braunschweig. Since Prussia and the House of Hanover had been enemies since the annexation of the Hanoverian kingdom in 1866, the actual heir to the throne, Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland, was denied the right to govern the Brunswick lands. From 1885 to 1913, members of other royal houses took over the regency. It was only in 1913 that reconciliation between the Guelphs and Hohenzollerns took place, when Ernst August, the son of the Duke of Cumberland, married Victoria Luise of Prussia, the only daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II. As a result, Ernst August, the last Guelph, returned to Braunschweig as the reigning duke.

Miscellaneous: In 1875, 100,000 gold coins of the German Empire with a nominal value of 20 marks were minted. The gold pieces showed a relief portrait of Wilhelm on the head side. These imperial gold coins were minted in the Berlin (A) mint.[5]

In 1902 the Braunschweiggasse in the 13th district was named Vienna district Hietzing after him, since he was an honorary citizen of Hietzing from 1861 and owner of the Palais Cumberland from 1878. In 1909 a memorial was erected in Rühle.