Lot n° 149
Estimation :
600 - 800
EUR
GUESTBOOK OF THE MANOR OF ANJOU. - Lot 149
GUESTBOOK OF THE MANOR OF ANJOU.
RESIDENCE OF EXILE OF THE FAMILY OF FRANCE IN BELGIUM.
Bound in black morocco, bordered with a double gold border, folio format (280 x 205 mm), pages gilt on edges, containing on 31 pages several hundred autograph signatures, including: Princess Charles de Ligne, Count Henri d'Outremont, Count and Countess Raoul de Liedekerke, Count and Countess d'Ursel, François de Croisset, Countess de Marle, Duke and Duchess de La Rochefoucauld, Count and Countess de Montmarin, Viscountess du Pin de la Guérinière, Count de Saint-Phalle, Count della Faille, Baron de Roquemaurel de Taurignan, Chantal d'Aragon, Prince and Princess Constantin Ruspoli, Prince Luigi Lancellatti, Countess de Gontaut-Biron, Marquise de Talleyrand-Périgord, Count and Countess de Guillaume de Grunne, Count and Countess de Salaberry, Count and Countess de Mérode, Count and Countess Albert du Chastel, Countess de Meeus, Baron Goffinet, Countess de Prêt-Roose de Calesberg, Viscount Ghislain de Novion, Count and Countess Gérard d'Harcourt, Duchess de Sorrentino, Princess de Polignac, Countess de Gramont, etc. Time wear, but good condition overall.
History: this estate located in the suburbs of Brussels was for a time the official residence of the French royal family in exile. The Duke of Orleans, born Prince Philippe d'Orléans (1869-1926) acquired it in 1912. The property was named "Manoir d'Anjou", in memory of the first title held by the youngest son of King Louis XIII and the direct ancestor of the present Royal House of France. On the death of the Duke of Orléans, who had no children, the succession to the throne of France passed to his nephew, Prince Jean d'Orléans, Duke of Guise (1874-1940). The latter took possession of the manor of Anjou to make it his main residence. It was here that the engagement of his son, the Count of Paris, to Princess Isabelle d'Orléans-Bragance was announced and it was also at the Manoir d'Anjou that Prince Henri d'Orléans, head of the House of France from 1999 to 2019, was born on 14 June 1933. The Second World War forced the royal family and their children to leave the Manoir d'Anjou. The castle was then occupied by the Germans, before being sold in 1948 to the Good Shepherd nuns who devoted themselves to teaching
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