Lot n° 214
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400 - 600
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: 650EUR
LOUIS, prince d'Orléans, duc de Nemours (1814-1896), second - Lot 214
LOUIS, prince d'Orléans, duc de Nemours (1814-1896), second fils du roi Louis-Philippe
Set of 7 L.A.S.: "N" and "Louis d'Orléans", dated July 3, 1882 to August 16, 1886, sent from Paris (19, avenue du Bois-de-Boulogne) and The Hague, addressed to his sister, Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1817-1907), 33 pages, text in French, folds, curling, but overall good condition.
- July 3, 1882: "Dear Clem, it will be a great satisfaction for me to see you again and to go on pilgrimage with you to Ebenthal [the place where Prince Auguste of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, husband of Princess Clementine, died on July 26, 1881 at the age of 65], so full of memories for us and now painful (.... Blanche [his daughter, Princess Czartoryski (1846-1893)] is doing better, thank you, she is going to Fontainebleau for the summer, where Marguerite [his daughter (1857-1932)] will join her...". - July 23, 1882: "It has been a real satisfaction for me, my dear Clem, to share quietly with you your sadness, the extent of which I well understand, and from which I personally take my share, also to see Ebenthal again, so full of dear and painful memories. My thoughts and prayers will be with you for the painful return of the 26th. In such an affliction, which is without parallel and without cure ... in this world, one can indeed only ask God to give the spirit of submission to his will which alone can help to bear such blows and enable us to pursue the duties which still fall to us. Before leaving Paris, I gave the instruction we're sending you, La vie de Saint-Pierre, indicating where to find the chapter relating to our eldest brother. I had it sent to Cobourg, where I hope it will reach you. My return journey went smoothly without the Sleeping-car, which also contained the Duc de Sabran. His wife and Count Kalnoerki accompanied him to the carriage. I saw Blanche at Fontainebleau looking much the same...". -November 5, 1885: "(...) your departure has completed the return to the ordinary routine of our life that the Waldemar wedding [reference to the marriage of Princess Marie d'Orléans to Prince Waldemar of Denmark, celebrated at Château d'Eu on October 21] had ... taken us out of. The young couple continue to live in St Firmin [residence of the Duke and Duchess of Chartres, parents of Princess Marie d'Orléans], from where they are said to come every day to tour Paris bourgeoisement. In my humble judgement, I thought it preferable, in the interest of the future of the household, that the new spouses should, from the very beginning of the marriage, join the place which is theirs in the country and the family to which they belong... it is true that I am from the past and that we have changed all that". - December 15, 1885: "Dear Clem, the main purpose of this letter is to recommend the Marquis de Pange, who is going to Vienna as 2nd military attaché. You will no doubt remember that he is the son of Adolphine de Laboue, the son and grandson of the late Marquis de Pange whom you probably remember, the nephew of the ladies Mu.... La Tour-Maubourg (Septime) and Caraman (Adolphe). These ladies are dead, but not Adolphine, whom her son was to visit in Pange near Metz, a country that has fallen into Prussia. The Mquis is married to a local, who will join him in Vienna. They have six children. He has long been an artillery captain, highly esteemed as a conscientious and capable officer, and decorated during the war... This very year, he was part of the mission to Pilsen in Bohemia, headed by General Fay. A few days ago, I received your letter of the 7th from Vienna (...). I hope that the pain of resentment is now forgotten. It is a wise precaution to take. I also very much hope that the treatment you have decided on for your ??? will be pursued, by you with perseverance, and that it will lead to a cure, but you must be careful to wait for its effects. You should also have someone carry you up the stairs when you go out (...), especially as high as the one at Coburg Palace (...). The year is drawing to a close, and it's been a sad one. Will the new year bring compensation? God willing. In politics, despite the progress shown by the elections, we still can't see what to hope for (...) we can, however, hope for better days in the distant future (...). The unjust violence of the invalidations, the persecution of the clergy and of religion are sure signs of this, and we still have in (...). A relatively moderate minister. (...) Our dear brother-in-law Ferdinand has just come to the sudden end of his painful illness and his existence (...), the summary account (...) in the French newspapers (...) not without concern as to the manner in which he will
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