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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Williams, H. Noel

Titel

Élisa purchases the Hôtel Maurepas—Chateaubriand becomes her protégé—Her conduct in the affair of the Due d’Enghien—She intervenes on behalf of the Royalists compromised in the conspiracy of Cadoudal and Pichegru—Caroline in Italy—Her husband is appointed Governor of Paris—Enviable position of the Murats—The Hôtel Thélusson—Calculating conduct of Caroline—An abominable calumny—Machinations of Caroline to prevent the First Consul’s adoption of Louis Bonaparte’s little son, Napoleon Charles, as hi

Ist Teil von

• The Women Bonapartes, 1908, Vol.1, p.313-327

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

1908

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In the autumn of 1802, Napoleon granted Élisa an annual allowance of 60,000 francs. This made her altogether independent of the hospitality of Lucien. Nevertheless, she continued to reside at the Hôtel de Brienne until early in the following spring, when she purchased, from the family of Moreton-Chabrillan, the Hôtel Maurepas, in the Rue de la Chaise, Faubourg Saint-Germain, an imposing mansion—almost a palace—with spacious apartments, a large courtyard, and an extensive garden.