Louis XVIII. Autograph letter to Claude-Louis... - Lot 33 - Osenat

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Louis XVIII. Autograph letter to Claude-Louis... - Lot 33 - Osenat
Louis XVIII. Autograph letter to Claude-Louis de La Châtre. [Probably at Hartwell Castle, 1809]. 3/4 of a column at mid-page. "The ministers have seen, through the states I have had put before them, that so far I have been happy enough to be able to give pensions and relief to a large number of Francis scattered across the continent. I receive, without a fixed term, but annually, from England, an extraordinary relief of six thousand pounds sterling, most of which was intended to pay for this object. It has ceased since I arrived in this country, but I hope that Mr. Canning[George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] will continue it, in consideration of his job, which I would not be able to provide for otherwise. At the same time, the Count of La Châtre will discuss with Mr. Canning some other items that I have detailed for him and on which I rely on this Minister with complete confidence. "The wandering of an unshakeable prince in adversity and humiliation. The future king had left France voluntarily on June 20, 1791 and had arrived in Mons on Austrian territory on the day of his brother's arrest in Varennes. Thus began this long wandering that occupied a third of his life: deprived of his rights in France, he nevertheless proclaimed himself regent on 28 January 1793 after the execution of his brother Louis XVI, then king on 24 June 1795 after the death of his nephew Louis XVII. However, his fate was not well secured, and he had to change asylum frequently, according to chance and expulsions: after Mons, he stayed in Brussels, Koblenz, Hamm, Verona, Riegel, Blankenburg, Mittau, Warsaw, Blankenfeld, again Mitau, then, from 1809, nine years at Hartwell House in England with the Reverend John Lee. One of Louis XVIII's closest supporters and friends in England, Claude-Louis de La Châtre (1845-1824) belonged to a family of very high nobility in Berry. A camp marshal before the Revolution, he was elected deputy to the States General but quickly emigrated.
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