Édouard, 6e duc de Fitz-James - Lettre autographe signée - 1834

Very beautiful autograph letter signed by Édouard, 6th Duke of Fitz-James (1776-1838), who descended from James II of England through the Marshal of Berwick. An émigré during the Revolution, he becomes a close associate of the Count of Artois (future Charles X) and a peer of France under the Restoration.

Very interesting content: "The Duchess of Berry had already sent me yesterday this inconceivable letter from (...). One must veil one’s face when one sees these unhappy princes delivered to such great wretchedness. They have lost the past, and the future will slip away from them as well. You thus, you excellent young men that you are, you are deemed seditious by those who long to sacrifice themselves for you. Only steadfast devotions can withstand such trials. The amnesty upon the return from Ghent was not even of that strength. There is enough to drive the little white hairs remaining on our old heads to despair.

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