GUIGNARD, Vicomte de SAINT-PRIEST, Emmanuel Louis Marie, Duc - Lot 564

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GUIGNARD, Vicomte de SAINT-PRIEST, Emmanuel Louis Marie, Duc - Lot 564
GUIGNARD, Vicomte de SAINT-PRIEST, Emmanuel Louis Marie, Duc espagnol d'ALMANZA, was a French military officer and diplomat (1789 - 1881). He was a godson of Marie-Antoinette. Lieutenant-General in the Spanish War of 1823. Ambassador to Madrid. He joined the Duchesse de Berry in 1832 - Autograph letter signed "Le Vicomte de SAINT PRIEST Duc d'ALMANZA", Paris January 21, 1835, to Mr. le Rédacteur du MESSAGER in Paris. 1p in-4°. Interesting letter about the title granted to him by Ferdinand VII. "... I have never accepted any pecuniary graces from His Majesty Ferdinand VII, and the Commandery of Almanza, far from being worth 50,000 Francs in revenue, does not bring in even a tenth of that sum...".
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