Letters of French military leaders, 1698-1873.

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Letters of French military leaders, 1698-1873.

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Sixteen ALS and orders from French military leaders including marshals of France, ministers of war, and a general, concerning military matters. Individuals represented in the collection include J. B. Jules Bernadotte (later King Charles of Sweden and Norway), Nicolas Catinat, Emmanuel marquis de Grouchy, and Claude Louis Hector duc de Villars.

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Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844

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Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte (1763-1844), French General of the Army, sometime ambassador to Vienna, and one of the marshals of France during the Empire, was acting as governor of Hanover from June 1804 to September 1805 and was in command of an army corps from Hanover. In 1810, he was elected crown prince Charles John of Sweden, and was King Charles XIV of Sweden and Norway, 1818-1844. From the description of Charles XIV papers, 1795-1805 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 38213995...

Villars, Claude Louis Héctor, duc de, 1653-1734

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Villars was a French Army general who eventually became a Marshall General of France. From the description of [Document] 1705 août 25 / duc de Villars. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 464260811 Claude Louis Hector Villars (1653-1734) was the last of the great generals of Louis XIV. He fought in the Dutch War (1672-78) and in 1687 went to Bavaria, where he helped strengthen the new French alliance with the elector of Bavaria; he fought with the elector aga...

Catinat, Nicolas, 1637-1712

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Grouchy, Emmanuel, marquis de, 1766-1847

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Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808), and king of Spain (1808-1813), the eldest surviving son of Charles and Marie Bonaparte, was the brother of Napoleon. He served Napoleon on diplomatic missions and was a humane sovereign in southern Italy but faced continious rebellion as a nominated ruler in Spain where his army was decisively defeated by Wellington at Vitoria (June 1813). He spent much of his life in exile in New Jersey but settled in Florence for the last years of his li...