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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
9 L.S. "Napol" or "Nap," and one unsigned letter, Bayonne April 15-May 9, 1808, to Archchancellor CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval (the 2nd by Fain)| 2 1/2 and 8 half pages in-4. [433-439, 441-443]
Negociations de Bayonne avec l'Espagne, jusqu'a l'abdication forcee du roi Charles IV.
15 avril. "My intention is to give the title of Count to the former archbishops who belong to the chapter of Saint-Denis, & that of Baron to the bishops who belong to the same chapter. You can confer the title of Count on M. de Ségur"... 17 April. "The King of Westphalia asks that Sr. Beugnot return to Cassel| I do not see any inconvenience in this, provided that he does not take any oath. It seems that the King is withdrawing from this. [...] We are beginning to feel the heat here"... April 22. "The Prince of Asturias, the Dukes of Infantado & San Carlos, the Canon Escoïquitz, the Infant Don Carlos, all of them are here. I am expecting King Charles, the Queen and several Spanish grandees in a few days. It is to be hoped that all this will end well"... April 23. "My cousin, in your letter of the 20th you do not mention the new Prince or his mother. However, it seems to me that your intervention was necessary in all this"... [Birth on April 20 of
Charles-Louis-Napoleon, son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, and Hortense de Beauharnais]. April 25. "I had already learned, before the arrival of Sr. Villeneuve, of the birth of the Queen of Holland. I do not thank you any less for the details you are giving me"... April 26. "I saw the Prince of Peace [GODOY] this morning. This man has been very badly treated and very unhappy. He definitely wants to settle in France"... April 29. About a document to be inserted in the Moniteur.
May 7. About the father-in-law of General d'Hautpoul.
May 8. "I approve that one puts on the armorial bearings of the Great Dignitaries the cap of elector, but not the closed crown. [In general, my intention is that the acts of the Council of the Seal should not be countersigned| that is to multiply the work unnecessarily. What is the use of countersigning anyway? [...] The families are well at ease to have the signature of the Emperor"... At the head, Cambaceres noted: "to copy entirely".
May 9. "My cousin, King Charles, the Queen, the former Queen of Etruria, and one of the Infants will be returned to Fontainebleau on May 20, and from there will go to live in Compiègne. [...] The Prince of Asturias and his brother the Infant Don
Carlos, and Don Antonio their uncle will be returned to Valençay tomorrow in eight. I wrote to the prince of Bénévent [Talleyrand], to the minister of the Police [Fouché], on these various objects "...
9 L.S. "Napol" or "Nap," and one unsigned letter, Bayonne April 15-May 9, 1808, to Archchancellor CAMBACÉRÈS| the letters are written by Méneval (the 2nd by Fain)| 2 1/2 and 8 half pages in-4. [433-439, 441-443]
Negociations de Bayonne avec l'Espagne, jusqu'a l'abdication forcee du roi Charles IV.
15 avril. "My intention is to give the title of Count to the former archbishops who belong to the chapter of Saint-Denis, & that of Baron to the bishops who belong to the same chapter. You can confer the title of Count on M. de Ségur"... 17 April. "The King of Westphalia asks that Sr. Beugnot return to Cassel| I do not see any inconvenience in this, provided that he does not take any oath. It seems that the King is withdrawing from this. [...] We are beginning to feel the heat here"... April 22. "The Prince of Asturias, the Dukes of Infantado & San Carlos, the Canon Escoïquitz, the Infant Don Carlos, all of them are here. I am expecting King Charles, the Queen and several Spanish grandees in a few days. It is to be hoped that all this will end well"... April 23. "My cousin, in your letter of the 20th you do not mention the new Prince or his mother. However, it seems to me that your intervention was necessary in all this"... [Birth on April 20 of
Charles-Louis-Napoleon, son of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, and Hortense de Beauharnais]. April 25. "I had already learned, before the arrival of Sr. Villeneuve, of the birth of the Queen of Holland. I do not thank you any less for the details you are giving me"... April 26. "I saw the Prince of Peace [GODOY] this morning. This man has been very badly treated and very unhappy. He definitely wants to settle in France"... April 29. About a document to be inserted in the Moniteur.
May 7. About the father-in-law of General d'Hautpoul.
May 8. "I approve that one puts on the armorial bearings of the Great Dignitaries the cap of elector, but not the closed crown. [In general, my intention is that the acts of the Council of the Seal should not be countersigned| that is to multiply the work unnecessarily. What is the use of countersigning anyway? [...] The families are well at ease to have the signature of the Emperor"... At the head, Cambaceres noted: "to copy entirely".
May 9. "My cousin, King Charles, the Queen, the former Queen of Etruria, and one of the Infants will be returned to Fontainebleau on May 20, and from there will go to live in Compiègne. [...] The Prince of Asturias and his brother the Infant Don
Carlos, and Don Antonio their uncle will be returned to Valençay tomorrow in eight. I wrote to the prince of Bénévent [Talleyrand], to the minister of the Police [Fouché], on these various objects "...