6257 - Eugène Napoleon/de Beauharnais (1781–1824) — a handwritten and signed décret, circa 1810

Eugène Napoleon/de Beauharnais (1781–1824) — a handwritten and signed décret, circa 1810 Written in black ink on a sheet of paper (dimensions 25 x 20 cm). Eugène Napoleon requests that a “Major Général” grant Colonel Joannis retirement, stating, “Il pourrais passer dans le Commandement de place.” Signed in his own hand as “Eugène Napoleon.” Folded. On the top margin, an ink inscription, presumably by the Major General: “Décret du 27 Juillet - Exécuté le même jour”; on the bottom margin, marked in pencil by a collector: “Beauharnais, Eugène.” Under glass and mounted in a modern frame. Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon’s adopted son, fought from 1809 onward against the Austrian troops invading Italy, whom he defeated at the Battle of Raab in June 1809. He subsequently crushed the uprising in Tyrol and had Andreas Hofer executed by firing squad in Mantua in February 1810. Provenance: From a long-established private collection in southern Germany. Condition: II