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Collection	Correspondence of William IV
Reference	GEO/MAIN/44956-44957
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from the Duchess of Cumberland to the Duke of Clarence
Date	12 March 1808
Writer	Cumberland and Strathearn, Anne, Duchess of
Addressee	Clarence and St Andrews, William, Duke of
Description	The Duchess apologises for not communicating for so long but she had to escape to Lower Hungary after the Archduke Charles's [of Austria, Duke of Teschen] retreat from Italy at the time when the French occupied Vienna. She describes how she mananaged to survive when she escaped and how she has spent the past two years: she spent some time in the Italian Tirol at the court of the King of Bavaria. She obtained a passport in Vienna to return into Austrian Dominion. She is now living in Trieste safely - but she misses England and the people there.
Place Of Writing	Trieste
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
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Credit	All rights reserved

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