A letter discovered in the Landesarchiv in Speyer, Germany, has revealed that Friedrich Trump, German grandfather to President-elect Donald Trump attempted to fight his expulsion from his home-town of Kallstadt, then a part of Bavaria, in 1905 for failing to do military service. The letter found is a plea from Friedrich Trump sent to Prince Regent Luitpold asking to be allowed to remain. Trump had migrated to the US in 1885, aged 16, so missed national service. This caused to his request to be denied by a royal decree