[LOUIS (Bonaparte, 1778-1846, brother of Napoleon I and father of Napoleon III, King of Holland 1806-1810)]

Autograph Letter Signed, in French, signed 'Charpentier', addressed to M. de Sénégra, Master of the Household at Huis ten Bosch, reporting the work done at Het Loo, near Apeldoorn in Gelderland, and saying that the apartments of Their Majesties, the Prince Royal, and all the Suite are finished, arranging the furniture will take a couple of days, he has studiously avoided supplying things for which the Steward asks him every day "without your authorization", and is due to go on to "the furnishing of Utrech[t]", probably nearby Soestdijk, 2 sides folio, Het Loo, 1st October

Holland was occupied by the French from 1795 to 1813, initially with the support of the Dutch republicans. In 1806 Napoleon made his brother Louis, who was married to Napoleon's step-daughter Hortense, King of Holland as Lodewijk I.
Louis and Hortense arrived at Huis ten Bosch on 18th June 1806.

Item Date:  1807

Stock No:  52082      £150

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