louis philippe king france marie amélie naples (1 Ergebnisse)

12mo. one-page each. (mounted on heavier paper). LOUIS-PHILIPPE, King of France [1773-1850] & MARIE-AMÉLIE of Naples and Sicily, Queen Consort [1782-1866]. Two manuscript notes in the third person, dated Twickenham, July, 14, 1815, and Twickenham, July 29, 1816. Both notes from the Duc and Duchesse d'Orléans are written from Twickenham, England, near the end of their exile. The Duke's letter in English presents his compliments to Messrs. (?) (crossed out), and asks that the recipient post some letters for him, five to France, one to Belgium, and one to Vienna. In her letter in French to Mr. Dickie (?), the Duchess a layette in a leather box and asks him to post two letters to Brussels and Copenhagen. Louis-Philippe fled France in 1793 and spent twenty-one years in exile in various parts of Europe and the United States. He returned to France during the reign of his cousin, Louis XVIIII, and was proclaimed King of France in 1830 (to 1848) following the overthrow of Charles X by the July Revolution.