NAPOLEON I (1769-1821, Emperor of the French)

Decree Signed 'Napo[leon]' as Emperor of the French, King of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, in Italian with translation, saying that "on the Report of Our Minister of Foreign Relations of the Kingdom of Italy", Ferdinando Marescalchi (1754-1816, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Italy, 1802-1805, of the Napoleonic Kingdom, 1805-1814, Count, 1809), "Antonio Granelli, called Palinetto, native of Santa Maria del Taro, in the Department of the Appennines, accused of various crimes committed in the territory of Our Empire, previously condemned for contempt of court to the penalty of death by the French Tribunals, and now detained in the prison of Brescia, shall be placed at the disposal of the French Authorities", but only after being tried by the Italian "Court of Criminal Justice at Brescia", any non-capital punishment by the French not to exceed what the Italian courts would have stipulated, headed Royal Decree No. 350, 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Imperial Palace of the Tuileries, 12th April crisp

Marescalchi was an early supporter of Napoleon. As Foreign Minister he resided in Paris, and, in 1803, supported by the Bishop of Orléans, drew up a concordat for the Kingdom of Italy, parallel to that between France and Pius VII of July 1801. After Napoleon's fall in 1814, Empress Marie-Louise was given the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza, and chose Marescalchi as Governor (1814-1816).

Item Date:  1809

Stock No:  55524      £2750

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