Note 37 — I DESCENT AND PARENTAGE; CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD (LEYDEN, THE HAGUE, AND RHEENEN, 1630-1650)

The correspondence of the Princess Elizabeth and Descartes extends over the years 1643 to 1649. Comte Foucher de Careil, after publishing his Descartes et la Princesse Palatine in 1862, was enabled to supplement the letters of Descartes by those of the Princess in a second volume, published in 1879. A most interesting summary is furnished by V. de Swarte’s attractive Descartes Directeur Spirituel: Correspondance avec la Princesse Palatine et la Reine Cristine de Suède (Paris, 1904).