CHARLES X, Count of Artois, Autographed Letter Signed, Royalist Triumph 1821

  

CHARLES X [Count of Artois] - Signed autograph letter - Royalist triumph - 1821. He will try to embody the continuity of the State and the monarchy after the revolutionary period. Signed autograph letter "Charles Philippe" (then Count of Artois, he will become Charles X in 1824 upon the death of Louis XVIII), Tuileries, April 2, 1821, preserved red wax seal, address on the back.

The assassination of Marshal Brune, the execution of Marshal Ney, and the various uprisings in the provinces serve as a catalyst for Bonapartist conspiracies until 1821. The assassination of the Duke of Berry (1820) worsens the situation and unleashes the royalists. The various laws of 1820 - prior authorization for the press, suspension of individual freedom for individuals suspected of plotting, double vote in favor of the most taxed citizens (nobles and large landowners) - do not bring about any appeasement. The legislative elections of November 1820 bring the ultras to power. The White Terror will be exercised against the Bonapartists, especially in southern France.

It is in this context that Louis XVIII, in April 1821, entrusts Marshal Duke of Bellune with a mission of inspection in the most agitated departments of France since 1816: Saône-et-Loire, Ain, Rhône, and Isère. The marshal has the full confidence of King Louis XVIII, who entrusts him with this mission knowing his devotion to the royal government.

The letter testifies to the confidence in the personality of the Duke of Bellune in carrying out his mission for the triumph of royal power against the Bonapartists. "I really regret my dear Mal not seeing you before your departure; but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for not risking your health. We all need to follow and keep men as biased as you, for ourselves and for France. I absolutely agree with all the opinions you express in your letter, and I hope your firmness in the places and your just x upon your return will be of great use in ensuring the triumph of the principles you profess. Safe travels and quick return my dear Mal [.