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188 - BOURBON-CONDÉ (LOUIS-HENRI-JOSEPH DE). "SOLDIERS!... JE ME F…
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BOURBON-CONDÉ (LOUIS-HENRI-JOSEPH DE). "SOLDIERS!... JE ME FELICITE D'ÊTRE A LA TETE DES BRAVES QUI ONT ACQUIS TANT DE GLOIRE...". Signed document, entitled "Proclamation of His Highness the Duke of Bourbon". Angers, 12 March 1815. 1/2 p. folio. The Duc de Bourbon attempted to organise the royalist reaction to Napoleon I, who had disembarked from the island of Elba on 1 March and was to return to the Tuileries on 20 March. "Soldiers! His Majesty has deigned to entrust me with the superior command of the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 13th and 12th military divisions [Périgueux, Bourges, Tours, Rennes, La Rochelle]. I am delighted to be at the head of the brave men who have won so much glory. YOU HAVE ALL SWORN LOYALTY TO THE KING. The laurels which cover you answer me that none of you will abandon the flags which His Majesty has entrusted to your honour. We will march together to defend the king and the country...". SON OF THE CHIEF OF THE CONTREREVOLUTIONARY ARMY AND FATHER OF THE DUC D'ENGHIEN WHO WAS MURDERED UNDER THE EMPIRE, LOUIS-HENRI-JOSEPH DE BOURBON (1756-1830) retained the title of Duke of Bourbon even after his father's death (1818). He had married his cousin Louise Marie-Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans, from whom he separated in 1780. He was appointed Governor of Franche-Comté, took part in the expedition to Gibraltar in 1782 and, after 1789, followed his father into emigration - he was wounded at the Battle of Bertzheim in 1793. Sent to England in 1795 to try and prepare a landing for the Comte d'Artois (in vain), he remained there until 1814, leading a frivolous life. He also tried unsuccessfully to raise Anjou during the Hundred Days. After 1815, as Grand Master of the King's household, he divided his time between the Château de Chantilly, the Palais Bourbon in Paris and the Château de Saint-Leu, which he bought in 1821. He bequeathed his possessions to the Duc d'Aumale in a will (30 August 1829), which was all the more controversial as his mistress Sophie Dawes, Baroness de Feuchères, played an important role in the affair, and he died in mysterious circumstances - he was found hanging from the espagnolette of his window on 27 August 1830.
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
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Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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