La Maréchale de SOULT, Duchesse de Dalmatie. Jeanne-Louise-Élisabeth Berg (1771-1852), daughter of Abraham Berg Burgomaster of Solingen and Wilhelmine Mumm. She was lady-in-waiting to Letizia Bonaparte. On April 26, 1796, she married Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, descended through his father Jean Soult from a line of royal notaries, and through his mother from the Grenier family; he became Marshal of the Empire in 1804, then Minister of War - A.S. letter written on February 12 to a Duchess. Informs her of his rheumatism and his son's departure for Sweden. These events will no doubt prevent him from visiting the Duchess, who is now living at Abbaye aux Bois. Signed "Maréchale Duchesse de Dalmatie".

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