69 2806 Napoléon I 1769 1821 69/2806 Napoléon I (1769-1821). SIGNED ("Napoleon") announcement of the marriage of Prince Eugène Napoléon and Princesse Auguste Amélie de Bavière, manuscript invitation, pen and ink, dated "Paris, le sept Février, mil huit cent-six", 1 leaf w. 8 blindstamped seals in paper, recto only. - Formerly folded three times, with sm. holes at intersection of folds; trifle foxed; sm. contemp. number and date in pen and ink in upper left corner. = Augusta Amelie of Bavaria married Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon, in 1806 in what was to all intents and purposes a succesfull marriage arranged by Napoleon in return for the upgrading of the state of Bavaria to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Originally Augusta Amelie had been promised in marriage to Charles, the Grand Duke of Baden. It was not to be: he, on his turn, was forced into a (less succesfull) marriage with Napoleon's adopted daughter Stéphanie De Beauharnais (they married three months after Augusta Amelie). The present announcement opens with the words: "Très chers et grands Amis, Alliés et confédérés, nous vous informons avec plaisir du marriage de notre cher fils, le Prince Eugêne Napoléon, avec la Princesse Auguste Amélie de Bavière, qui a été célébré à Munich, le 14 Janvier dernier." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
69 2806 Napoléon I 1769 1821 69/2806 Napoléon I (1769-1821). SIGNED ("Napoleon") announcement of the marriage of Prince Eugène Napoléon and Princesse Auguste Amélie de Bavière, manuscript invitation, pen and ink, dated "Paris, le sept Février, mil huit cent-six", 1 leaf w. 8 blindstamped seals in paper, recto only. - Formerly folded three times, with sm. holes at intersection of folds; trifle foxed; sm. contemp. number and date in pen and ink in upper left corner. = Augusta Amelie of Bavaria married Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon, in 1806 in what was to all intents and purposes a succesfull marriage arranged by Napoleon in return for the upgrading of the state of Bavaria to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Originally Augusta Amelie had been promised in marriage to Charles, the Grand Duke of Baden. It was not to be: he, on his turn, was forced into a (less succesfull) marriage with Napoleon's adopted daughter Stéphanie De Beauharnais (they married three months after Augusta Amelie). The present announcement opens with the words: "Très chers et grands Amis, Alliés et confédérés, nous vous informons avec plaisir du marriage de notre cher fils, le Prince Eugêne Napoléon, avec la Princesse Auguste Amélie de Bavière, qui a été célébré à Munich, le 14 Janvier dernier." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
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