VICTORY (VICTORY DE BOURBON, KNOWN AS MADAME). Autograph... - Lot 26 - Osenat

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VICTORY (VICTORY DE BOURBON, KNOWN AS MADAME). Autograph... - Lot 26 - Osenat
VICTORY (VICTORY DE BOURBON, KNOWN AS MADAME). Autograph letter signed to the prince of Condé, Louis-Joseph de Bourbon. Rome, November 14 [1795, according to an old note in ink by another hand]. 2 pp. 3/4 in-4, address on the back, black wax armorial seal preserved; a few tears including one with missing address leaf due to opening, a few stains, trace of tab on the address page. RARE AND BEAUTIFUL LETTER WRITTEN IN EMIGRATION TO ROME where, since 1791, Madame Victoire had been staying with Cardinal François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis. "I recommend to you, Sir, with the greatest interest the Chevalier de Bernis [René de Pierre de Bernis, Knight of Malta], son of one of my ladies, whom I loved, and grand-nephew of the Cardinal de Bernis; this young man seems to have a great zeal for serving his king and is well determined for the good cause. I ask you to be kind to him, to place him when you can, and finally to protect him. It is he who will give you my letter. I THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD NEWS THAT YOU GIVE ME OF THE AUTRICHIAN ARMY; THEY MAKE ME REGRET, FOR THEIR SO LONG INACTION, FOR YOURS [the corps of emigrants known as the "Condé army"]. [I] am almost as bored as you are, you have very great reason to believe it, I ADMIRE YOUR PATIENCE AND APPROVE VERY STRONGLY YOUR CONFIDENCE. You surely know an old proverb that says "Nothing is lost by waiting", I am very convinced that it will be true, and that we are at the end of all our misfortunes and that we will have the great satisfaction of seeing ourselves restored at home. It comes back from everywhere that the spirit of the provinces is totally changed, what you tell me makes me very happy. I HOPE THAT AT THIS MOMENT MONSIEUR [THE COUNT OF ARTOIS, future Charles X] IS REUNITED WITH MARITE [HIS MARIE-THERESE OF SAVOIE], THAT IS THE GREATEST POINT. I HOPE ALSO THAT MR LE DUC BOURBON HAS JOINED HIM [Louis-Henri-Joseph de Bourbon, son of the Prince de Condé]. I beg you, when you have good news, to send it to me. We have all kinds of news here, and very often it is false, which makes us despair. I have asked Monsieur de Chastellus [Henri-Georges-César de Chastellux, his knight of honor] to write to you, as well as Adélayde, to recommend to you a man named Berger who has behaved perfectly for us; I therefore ask you to do for him what you can. Good evening, Sir, I assure you of my tender friendship, and I embrace you with all my heart..." MADAME VICTOIRE, ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LOUIS XV, whom he affectionately nicknamed "Coche" in reference to her stoutness, remained single and was very close to her sister Madame Adélaïde: the two women were always hostile to their father's mistresses, especially the Marquise de Pompadour, and were the only survivors of their siblings when the Revolution broke out. Authorized by the Assembly to leave France in 1790, they took refuge in Italy where they had to flee several times before the advance of the revolutionary troops. Madame Victoire never saw France again and died in emigration, in Trieste, in 1799. Joint: VICTOIRE (Victoire de Bourbon, known as Madame). Apostille signed, countersigned by her sister Madame MARIE-ADELAÏDE (s.l., February 1, 1792, 1 1/2 lines) on a piece addressed to her by Madame d'Artigues (s.l., January 9, 1792, 1/2 p. in-folio), with apostille signed of the abbot Pierre-Jean de Ruallem, chief of the Council of Ladies and general steward of their finances (February 20, 1792, 1/2 p. in-folio) and with autograph apostille signed of the aforementioned lady of Artigues (Paris, February 25, 1792, 1/4 p. in-folio). Mesdames Marie-Adélaïde et Victoire grants a sum of 360 livres to Marthe-Marguerite Houllier, widow of Joseph d'Artigues, former brigadier of the Guards of the body of the king, very old and in financial difficulty. Margins a little frayed.
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