Kings MS 436

ALBUM AMICORUM containing the autograph signatures and mottoes, accompanied in most cases with the writers arms in tincture, of Sovereigns, Princes, Nobles, &c.; 1622-1633, and (one) 1699. From the inscription (f. 45 b) of his son Charles Maurice, beg. 'Liber erat patris', &c., the MS. appears to have belonged to Charles Lewis, Elector Palatine, son of Frederic V (King of Bohemia) and Elizabeth daughter of James I. At the date of the earliest entry (1622) Charles Lewis (b. 1617, d. 1680) was only five years old, and another inscription (f. 34 b) is signed 'Your Highnes late most glorius brother Prince Henreis most obliged and your Highnes most humble seruant'. The original owner must therefore have been either Charles I, his sister Elizabeth, or his brother-in-law Frederic, most probably the last. The writers are :-

i. Charles I, King of England; Julius, Duke of Brunswick, wife of 1626. f. i. Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau- 2. Henrietta Maria, Queen of Eng- Diet ] ; 1622. f. 22 b. land. f.2. 16.[William Herbert, Earl on Pem- 3. Frederic [V , Elector Palatine, broke; 1626. f. 24 b. King of Bohemia]; i622. f. 3. 17. J[ohn] Ernest, Duke of Saxen 4. Elizabeth [wife of Frederic VI; [Eisenach]; 1624. f. 25 b. i 624. f. 3 b. 18. Janus, Duc de Radzivil [d.

5. [William Cecil, Earl of] Exeter, 1655] ; 1633. f. 27 b. and Elisa[beth] his wife; 1626. f. 5 b. 19. Christoff, Margrave of Baden 6. D[iana, widow of Henry de Vere, [-Durlach]; x627. f. 29.

20. Carol, Margrave of Baden [-Durlach]; 1623. f. 29 b.

21. G[eorge, Villiers, Duke of] Buckingham, K.G.; 1625. f. 32.

22. [Henry Rich, Earl of] Holland, K.G.; circ. 1626. f. 32b. i632. 11 23.[John Holles Earl of] Clare 9. Amelia 'Pfaltzgreuin', Princl [cr. 1624, d. 1637]. f. 34 b. of Orange (wife of Frederic Casimir, 24.[Richard Preston, Earl of] Des- CountPalatine of zweibrlicken]; i632. mond [d. 1628]; f. 36 b.

13. 25. [Philip Herbert, Earl of] Montio. Charlotte de Nassau, Duchesse gomery [4th Earl of Pembroke, 1630]; Douairiere de la Tremoille et de f. 38 Thouars [widow of Claude, Duc de la 26. S[usan, wife of Philip Herbert, Tr6moillc, &c.]; 1625. f. 14 b. Earl of) Montgomery. £ 39 b. ii. F[rances, widow of Lodovic 27. Juliana, Countess of Nassau- Stuart, Duke of]Richmond and Lenox; Katzenellenbogen, widow of (john 1626. f. i6b, Albert,]Coun of Solms; 1624. f4ob. I2. Charlotte de la Tremoillc [wife 28. Dorothee Amaly, Comtesse du of James Stanley,Earl of Derby, 1626],: Rhein' [dau. of john George, Count i625. f. 18b. Solms-Cich, wife of john Casimir [atharine, wife of George Rhinegraveof Kyrburg]; 162 4. f. 4 5, Ist Villiers Duke of] Buckingham. 29. Amalie, Comtesse de solms f. 2o b. [da, ohn Albert, asabove, no 27] 14. Ernest Casimir, Comte de [1624.')li4i b. Nassau[-Dietz]; 1622. f.22,. 3o. Rudolf Christian, Count of East I5. Sophie [Hedwig, dau. of Henry Friesland; i627. f 42b.

31. Albert,ComtedeNassau; 1623. 41. Carolus Mauritius, Raugravius f. 43 b. PEilitinus [son of Charles Lewis, Elector 32. johann Cunradt, Rheingrave [of Palatine]; i69g. f. 45 b. Daun]; 1624. f. 44 b. Paper and vellum ; ff. 46. 4a in. x 63 in. Many of.the leaves 9 are of marbled paper. Bound in crimson velvet ; gilt edges.