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[CADOUDAL]. - LA TREMOILLE (CHARLES-BRETAGNE-MARIE-JOSEPH DE). Autograph signed piece (Paris, 28 January 1826, one page on narrow column), with autograph apostilles signed by the comte de BOURMONT (Paris, 30 January 1826, 1/4 p. on narrow column) and Claude SOMBARDIER (Paris, 31 January 1826, 1/4 p. on narrow column). LE DUC DE LA TREMOILLE, first wrote: "JE SOUSSIGNE CERTIFIE QUE MR GUIGNARD...a royalist unchanging in his conduct, as in his principles and his devotion, has not ceased to have in Paris, from the beginning of the royalist armies in the West, what was called a House of correspondence, that is to say, dedicated to the King's party; that he lodged at his house, in the rue des Petits-Augustins at the corner of the rue des Marais, several royalist leaders, such as the lieutenant general c[om]te de Bourmont, MMrs de Rochecotte, de Frotté and de Phélippeaux ; that he HAS RECEIVED IN SECRET CONFERENCES AT HIS HOME, AT HIS GREAT RISK AND PERIL MMrs GEORGE CADOUDAL and abbé Dégligny [sic for d'Égrigny, a priest who took part in the Quiberon expedition in 1795] ; that myself, coming from the general quarter of Count de Bourmont with one of his aides-de-camp at the time of the negotiations for the peace of the Chouans, I lodged with him, and only left on positive notice for the following night of a visit to his home, which actually took place, and put him and his wife in cruel anguish, because of my arms, uniforms and papers, which he had all the trouble in the world to hide from the searches and investigations made in every corner of the house. Mr Guignard, today reduced to a deplorable situation, had some fortune which he never hesitated to compromise for the service of the king and the assistance of the emigrants...". Prince of Taranto, the Duc de La Trémoille (1764-1839) served in Condé's emigré army, carried out several missions in Paris, and was made lieutenant general under the Restoration. LE COMTE DE BOURMONT added: "J'ATTESTE AUSSI QUE MR GUIGNARD A LOGE CHEZ LUI A PARIS RUE DES PETITS-AUGUSTINS BEAUCOUP DE PROSCRITS ROYALISTES que j'en ai vu plusieurs et entre autres M. de Rochecotte, M. l'abbé d'Égrigny, and M. de Phélippeaux, that Mr Guignard has given many marks of devotion to the royal cause and that his loyal conduct has caused the loss of his fortune...". A complex and heroic figure in the royalist cause, Louis-Auguste-Victor de Ghaisnes de Bourmont (1773-1846) was the son of an aide-de-camp to the Comte d'Artois. He fought in the ranks of the émigrés, the Vendéens (Louis XVIII made him a general) and the Grande Armée, before rallying to the Restoration, despite a brief return to the Emperor during the Hundred Days - he deserted shortly before Waterloo and was one of Marshal Ney's main accusers at the latter's trial. He then received important military commands, notably during the Spanish expedition in 1823, where his participation earned him the dignity of Peer de France. Appointed Minister of War in 1829, he was one of those who persuaded the King to launch the Algiers expedition, was given command-in-chief and, following its success, was made Marshal of France (June 1830). Refusing to serve the July monarchy, he joined Charles X in exile and then supported the Duchess of Berry's ill-fated attempt in the Vendée (1832). Condemned to death in absentia, he went into exile again and reached Portugal in the middle of the civil war, where he offered his services to Don Miguel (absolutist usurper of the throne), for which he lost his nationality and military ranks in France. After a diversion via Rome and Germany, the amnesty of 1840 allowed him to return to his native Anjou. CLAUDE SOMBARDIER also added: "I, the undersigned, certify that Monsieur Guignard has always passed for a man devoted to the royal cause and that I, a priest deported with his brother to Rochefort,... lent [the latter] help and assistance on Île-Madame where he lost his life in the course of 7bre 1794...". Claude Sombardier was sacristan of the royal chapel at the Tuileries.
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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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