Queen Eleonora of Portugal's letter to Queen Elisabeth of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, dated February 11, year probably 1524

Source:

https://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.prl?b=12336&s=n&str=

Above: Archduchess Eleonora of Austria, Infanta of Castile, queen of Portugal and Spain, and duchess of Touraine, painted by Joos van Cleve.

Above: Elisabeth of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Photo courtesy of Jacob Truedson Demitz for Ristesson at Wikimedia Commons.

Eleonora of Austria (born November 15, 1498, died February 25, 1558), also known as Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became queen consort of Portugal from 1518 to 1521 and of France from 1530 to 1547. She also held the duchy of Touraine from 1547 to 1558 in dower.

The letter:

Madame ma seur ma mye pourcauze que de ma noryse seres avertye au lonc de mes nouuelles ne vous ferey longue lettre simblement je vous dyrey que ne me sares fayre plus grant playsyr que de me souvent avertyr de voz bonnes nouvelles et je vous prye aynsy le volloyr fayre de mon coste maquyterey le myeulx que je porey et de vous fayre tout playsyr et servyse anseque je sarey vous sera agreable de quoy je vous prye madame maseur estre avertye, et du bon portement du Roy vostre mary et mon petyt nepueu et nyepses auquelles bonne grace me recommande, et a la vostre madame ma seur pour la fyn de ma lettre pryant le createur vous donner bonne vye et longue, de Madryt se xje de Fevryer

Vostre bonne et lealle amye seur a james Leonore etc.

Note: In accordance with the nobility's ideals of friendship in the early modern era, the kings and queens of Europe considered each other siblings, regardless of whether or not they were biological siblings or more distantly related.