Null Duke of MORTEMART. Casimir Louis Victurnien de ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, P…

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Duke of MORTEMART. Casimir Louis Victurnien de ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, Prince de TONNAY-CHARENTE, Duc de MORTEMART (Paris 1787 - 1875) General, President of the Council of Ministers of Charles X in 1830, Peer of France and Senator. - Autograph letter signed "Le Duc de MORTEMART", Paris June 6, 1839. To Mr Pierre GENTY DE BUSSY, 52 rue de Grenelle, Paris. 1p in-4°: "... I subscribe with as much pleasure to your work as I will later experience interest in reading it. As you have not given me a bookseller's address to put my name down, would you be so kind as to do so...".

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Duke of MORTEMART. Casimir Louis Victurnien de ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, Prince de TONNAY-CHARENTE, Duc de MORTEMART (Paris 1787 - 1875) General, President of the Council of Ministers of Charles X in 1830, Peer of France and Senator. - Autograph letter signed "Le Duc de MORTEMART", Paris June 6, 1839. To Mr Pierre GENTY DE BUSSY, 52 rue de Grenelle, Paris. 1p in-4°: "... I subscribe with as much pleasure to your work as I will later experience interest in reading it. As you have not given me a bookseller's address to put my name down, would you be so kind as to do so...".

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Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

HENRI IV (1553-1610). L.S., camp d'Anet November 20, 1590, to Duke Casimir, Prince of the Holy Empire; countersigned by Louis de Revol (1531-1594); 1 1/2 pages in-fol, addressed "A Mon Cousin le duc de Cazimir prince du st empire" with trace of small red wax seal. Interesting long diplomatic letter after the lifting of the siege of Paris. [It is addressed to Duke Jean-Casimir of the Palatinate (1543-1592), when, in the first year of his reign, Henri was fighting against the Spanish-backed League; after the victory at Ivry, he laid siege to Paris, but the approach of the Duke of Mayenne and the Duke of Parma forced him to lift the siege. After his abjuration (July 25, 1593), he was finally able to enter Paris on March 22, 1594]. He was awaiting news from Orazio Pallavicino of the trip he had made to Germany "on behalf of the King of England [Elizabeth I] in favor of my affairs", when he received two letters from Duke Casimir, warning him "of the help that the princes my good friends, among whom I hold you to be the first, have deliberately granted me". He thanks Casimir for his goodwill and affection. He decided to send his cousin the Viscount de Turenne [Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne (1555-1623)] to Germany to deal with the German princes, and to receive Casimir's advice, "for the particular good of my affairs, but also in all that concerns the security and convenience of others, as estimant les ungs et les autres nous estre a tous communs et inseparables". He expresses the hope that Casimir's health will be restored, so that he can "enjoy the reward of the good assistance you will have contributed to this need of mine". Casimir will have learned of "the separation and separation that I am making of a large part of my army through my provinces and towns, after having tried by all means to attract the enemy to battle, which always showed his intention to be so far away from it that he wanted, before his army, to make it appear by reputation that he despised it, to the point of wanting to persuade the world that I was not waiting for him, the arrival of the Duke of Parma made me lose the opportunity to recover my city of Paris as soon as I could, but he didn't release it from necessity so much that it is still under siege; and that if in this spring I am strengthened by the help which you have advised me to give, I may not soon regain the upper hand over my enemies, both in what concerns the said city and in other matters, which I have not been able to keep intact for this time, and which they have nonetheless greatly diminished, as you will be able to judge by the little exploits made by this great army, and which has nevertheless been executed on my side, as you have seen"...

Estim. 80 - 120 EUR

[IER EMPIRE]. ROCHECHOUART (Louis-Victor-Léon de). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "le Comte de Rochechouart" addressed to "mon cher Montulé". 1 p. and 3 lines, dated March 12, 1846 on a double f. of stamped paper (20.5 X 13.5 cm). INTERESTING LETTER in which the Comte de ROCHECHOUART (1788-1858) proposes to a certain Montulé, close to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to intervene as a conciliator with the Russian Emperor, Tsar Nicholas I: "[...] it seems to me that in the presence of the inconceivable Polish scuffle, and the indiscretions of our dear compatriots, I could be used with the Emperor of Russia, who would be pleased to see a nephew of the Duke of Richelieu, his brother's former aide-de-camp, bring him some words of conciliation. You can be sure of my prudence and discretion [...]". Comte de ROCHECHOUART joined the Russian army in 1805. Aide-de-camp to the Duc de Richelieu and later to Emperor Alexander I, from 1805 to 1812 he took part in the conquest of Bessarabia and Circassia, and fought in the Caucasus and Chechnya. When France invaded Russia in 1812, he was mobilized in General Tormassov's army and took part in the capture of Minsk and the Battle of the Berezina, where he witnessed the tragic crossing of the river by the French army.

Ludwig II, Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt (1777 - 1848) - a portrait bust Plaster, depicting the Grand Duke in uniform with pinned breast star of the Order of Ludwig. Height approx. 63 cm. Minor damage, stained/soiled, larger, unsightly repairs. No shipping - no shipping. Condition: III +

Estim. 30 - 70 EUR

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