Lot 178
Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, Titular Queen of France (1753-1810) As wife of Louis Stanislaus Xavier, Count of Provence and brother to Louis XVI, she became titular queen of France in 1795 when young Louis Charles, only son of Louis XVI, died while imprisoned in the Temple and her husband became titular king, Louis XVIII; she died in exile in England in 1810 before he ascended the throne in 1814.
Document signed, 1p, 12¼ x 8", n.p., 1789, agreeing to a request from her valet de pied for an intermediate order for pay, from Jan. 20, 1784 through October 31, 1789. Some toning, else fine. On Oct. 5, 1789, the royal family had been taken from their palace at Versailles and forcibly relocated to the Tuileries Palace in Paris. Marie Josephine and the Count of Provence, who were living in the Luxembourg palace, escaped to the Austrian Netherlands in 1791, in the same operation that led to the royal family’s failed Flight to Varennes and ultimate execution.
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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