CHARLES X (1757-1836)
Autograph letter signed “Charles Philippe” to Charles de Barentin
Edinburgh, 4th March 1803, 1 p. in-4, address on verso, remains of black wax seal
“I promise myself our usual dispositions to employ you for all that is of interest to the service of the King my brother and mine”
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CHARLES X (1757-1836)
Autograph letter signed “Charles Philippe” to Charles de Barentin
Edinburgh, 4th March 1803, 1 p. in-4 on bifolio, address on verso, remains of black wax seal
Charles X, then in exile, renews his confidence in the last Ministry of Justice of Louis XVI
“Je viens Monsieur, de charger M. Dutheil de vous communiquer des instructions que je lui ai donné, par lesquelles vous serés informé de ce que je desire, et de ce que je me promets de nos dispositions habituelles a vous employer pour tout ce qui interesse le service du Roi mon frere [le futur Louis XVIII] et le mien. Je me suis attaché d’autant plus facilement aux mesures que j’ai adopté, quelles me donneront des occasions encore plus frequentes de vous marquer ma confiance, ainsy que les sentiments de veritable estime et d’affection que vous me connoissés pour vous Monsieur, et dont je vous renouvelle l’assurance avec beaucoup de plaisir.
Charles Philippe”
The Count of Artois, future Charles X, was one of the first to emigrate on 16 July 1789. He traveled the various courts of Europe to seek defenders for the royal cause. During his years in exile, he went to Great Britain where he spent the rest of the Revolution and the First Empire. He was accused by Napoleon 1st in his will of having maintained the men who sought to assassinate him, an attempt that was the origin of the killing of the Duke of Enghien.