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PAIR OF DRAGON HORSES, Ancienne Monarchie.
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234
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PAIR OF DRAGON HORSES, Ancienne Monarchie.
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
PAIR OF DRAGON HORSES, Ancienne Monarchie.
In iron, characterised by a body with seven arms, of which two are lateral and five frontal, arranged in the form of a basket. The arms are flared at the base and meet at the top to form a semi-circular suspension eye. The floor of the stirrup is oval.
France. Former Monarchy.
Good condition, oxidation, 3 branches missing on one.
Provenance :
- By family tradition: baron Alexandre de Courson de La Villevalio, Chouan leader.
- By uninterrupted descent, Baron M. de B., Manoir du Vally, Guingamp.
The life of Baron de Courson was entirely devoted to the defence of the Throne and the Altar.
Born in Trédaniel in 1767, Alexandre de Courson de La Villevalio served in Condé's army from 1792 to 1796.
He fought as a chouanne in Trégor until 1800, notably at the battle of Tréglamus, near Guingamp.
He took up arms again during the 100 days against Napoleon and commanded the Royal Volunteers of the Côtes-du-Nord department at Quintin. Louis XVIII decorated him with the Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis and appointed him General at the end of 1815.
Baron de Courson took up arms again in 1832 against the "usurper" Louis-Philippe and led the legitimist troops into battle, in particular against General de Castres on the Touchenaux moor in Vergeal (Ille-et-Vilaine) in 1832. He died in Fontainebleau in 1847.
Sources: Histoire de la Vendée Militaire, volume 4. Jacques Crétineau-Joly, Paris. 3rd edition.
Source: Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Jullien de Courcelles, Dictionnaire historique et biographique des Généraux français, depuis le onzième siècle jusqu'en 1822, tomes V et VI, Paris, 1822.
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