Anne-Louis-Henri de LA FARE (1752-1829) bishop of Nancy, he - Lot 527

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Anne-Louis-Henri de LA FARE (1752-1829) bishop of Nancy, he - Lot 527
Anne-Louis-Henri de LA FARE (1752-1829) bishop of Nancy, he emigrated and was one of the most active agents of the Emigration. Minute letter partly autograph, Vienna November 11, 1795, to Baron de Flachslanden in Verona; 3 pages in-4 (small repair). Concerning the release and exchange of Madame Royale, to Baron de Flachslanden, chancellor of Louis XVIII. "M. le Prince de Gasvre, appointed to fetch Madame Royale left yesterday with a large retinue [...] The Princess is to leave France by the border of Alsace, will cross the Rhine near Freiburg im Breisgau, will direct her march to the abbey of St Blaise over Constance, over Inspruck and will arrive in Vienna by the Tirol. The route is combined in such a way that Madame will always travel under the rule of the emperor. The journey will be long, but "Madame will find the imperial family eager to welcome her. The most beautiful apartment of the palace was prepared for her; it was that of the late Emperor Leopold and the Empress, it was furnished with taste and magnificence". The Princess will be accompanied by the Marquise de Tourzel with two of her daughters and by the Duchess de Charost and her last daughter "so happily removed from the assassins". It is foreseen that the Princess will not see anyone, and especially no French, but as soon as it is possible, La Fare will make "the suitable steps to obtain to make my court to H.R.H. and to carry to him, when it will be necessary, the commissions with which H.M. will honor me". He is pleased to see that the Princess will be treated with all the possible respect and honors, her presence will revive this Court... Madame Royale should enjoy important incomes, constituted mainly of "the dowry of the Queen [Marie-Antoinette] which had not been paid, of the sums which this Princess had made pass to Brussels, as well as diamonds [...] finally treasures and diamonds taken with M. de Sémonville"...La Fare then exposes the result of his investigation on the contents of the Treaty of the Triple Alliance between Russia, England and Austria: "The alliance between the three powers is defensive for all the cases of invasion or foreign aggression, but it is offensive only against France - it stipulates the next campaign against the republic": Russia will have to provide to the Emperor a contingent of 30.Russia was to provide the Emperor with a contingent of 30,000 men, England was to pay an equivalent subsidy: "the three powers undertake not to make a partial peace, to act in concert and in the greatest interest of the coalition. [...] As for what concerns the affairs of France, the secret is so guarded that it has been impossible for me to discover anything. I imagine that S.M. must be informed by Russia itself, of what may concern her cause. In any case, the Triple Alliance presents a new political face": this has reassured Austria about its worries about Prussian offensives, its military operations have been very successful, and the position of the three powers is very advantageous... "In these circumstances, and especially if the Vendée could take a more threatening attitude, it would perhaps be permissible to think that the occasion will present itself where, on the part of the Courts, the full recognition of the legitimate succession of S. M. to the throne of the Bourbons will be made.M.'s legitimate succession to the Bourbon throne, will be negotiated with fewer obstacles. Until now, the intentions of the Courts in this respect remain obscurely hidden"...One encloses a L.A., Paris January 27, 1816, to a lady, about the commemoration of the death of Louis XVI on January 21, 1816 in Saint-Denis and in all the churches of France, with reading of the testament of the King...
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