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LOUIS II: (1870-1949)
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LOUIS II: (1870-1949) Prince of Monaco 1922-49. A very interesting A.L.S., `Louis P[rin]ce de Monaco´, three pages, small 4to, in green ink, Monaco, 23rd March 1925, to tMonsieur Begue, Prefect of the Aisne, in French. The letter bears a red embossed crowned heading ''Palais of Monaco''. Louis II forwrds to the Prefect a letter which he considers inadmissible, stating in part `Les circonstances qui nous ont fait nous rencontrer avant que vous ne soyez nommé Préfet de l´Aisne, m´autorisent à vous communiquer en toute franchise la lettre ci-incluse que je juge inadmissible, son contenu n´est qu´un tissu de mensonges inventées, non pas par le maire de Laon, mais par ceratin personnage haineux habitant Marchais et dont volontiers je vous donnerai le nom verbalement. Jamais je n´aurais cru que la récente nomination de Mr. Barbier dans l´ordre de la Légio d´Honneur eut pu liu créer de telles jalousies de la part d´un individu qui essaie, par-dessus la tête du maire, de présider aux destinées du village et de nuire l´excellent français et au fonctionnaire modèle qui a donné à ma famille près de trente années de dévouement, notamment de 1914 à 1918.´ (Translation: "The circumstances which made us meet before you were appointed Prefect of Aisne, authorize me to communicate to you in all frankness the enclosed letter which I consider inadmissible, its content is nothing but a number of lies invented, not by the mayor of Laon, but by a certain hateful character living in Marchais and whose name I will gladly give you verbally. I would never have believed that the recent appointment of Mr. Barbier to the order of the Legion d´Honneur could have created such jealousies on the part of an individual who tries, over the head of the mayor, to preside over the destiny of the village and harm the excellent Frenchman and the model civil servant who gave my family nearly thirty years of dedication, notably from 1914 to 1918") Louis II further says `Je suis parfaitement sûr de l´estime et de l´affection de la population qui ne manque aucune occasion de m´en donner des preuves; les quelques communistes qui résident dans le village le sont par ordre (toujours du même) et pas bien dangereux. Je suis désolé de vous importuner avec cette lettre, mais j´ai cru ne pas devoir en dissimuler le contenu au Préfet du Département dans lequel nous vivons depuis 1856, nous efforçant de faire le plus de bien possible aux habitants du village ...´ (Translation: "I am perfectly sure of the esteem and affection of the population who miss no opportunity to give me proof of it; the few communists who reside in the village are there by order (always from the same one) and are not very dangerous. I am sorry to bother you with this letter, but I thought I should not conceal its contents from the Prefect of the Department in which we have lived since 1856, striving to do as much good as possible to the inhabitants of the village...") Paper with Imperial watermark. Accompanied by the original envelope, addressed in the Prince´s hand, postmarked and stamped, and bearing to the verso beneath the red crwon embossed seal a red wax seal in fine condition. Some words have slightly light ink. G to VG
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LOUIS II: (1870-1949) Prince of Monaco 1922-49. A very interesting A.L.S., `Louis P[rin]ce de Monaco´, three pages, small 4to, in green ink, Monaco, 23rd March 1925, to tMonsieur Begue, Prefect of the Aisne, in French. The letter bears a red embossed crowned heading ''Palais of Monaco''. Louis II forwrds to the Prefect a letter which he considers inadmissible, stating in part `Les circonstances qui nous ont fait nous rencontrer avant que vous ne soyez nommé Préfet de l´Aisne, m´autorisent à vous communiquer en toute franchise la lettre ci-incluse que je juge inadmissible, son contenu n´est qu´un tissu de mensonges inventées, non pas par le maire de Laon, mais par ceratin personnage haineux habitant Marchais et dont volontiers je vous donnerai le nom verbalement. Jamais je n´aurais cru que la récente nomination de Mr. Barbier dans l´ordre de la Légio d´Honneur eut pu liu créer de telles jalousies de la part d´un individu qui essaie, par-dessus la tête du maire, de présider aux destinées du village et de nuire l´excellent français et au fonctionnaire modèle qui a donné à ma famille près de trente années de dévouement, notamment de 1914 à 1918.´ (Translation: "The circumstances which made us meet before you were appointed Prefect of Aisne, authorize me to communicate to you in all frankness the enclosed letter which I consider inadmissible, its content is nothing but a number of lies invented, not by the mayor of Laon, but by a certain hateful character living in Marchais and whose name I will gladly give you verbally. I would never have believed that the recent appointment of Mr. Barbier to the order of the Legion d´Honneur could have created such jealousies on the part of an individual who tries, over the head of the mayor, to preside over the destiny of the village and harm the excellent Frenchman and the model civil servant who gave my family nearly thirty years of dedication, notably from 1914 to 1918") Louis II further says `Je suis parfaitement sûr de l´estime et de l´affection de la population qui ne manque aucune occasion de m´en donner des preuves; les quelques communistes qui résident dans le village le sont par ordre (toujours du même) et pas bien dangereux. Je suis désolé de vous importuner avec cette lettre, mais j´ai cru ne pas devoir en dissimuler le contenu au Préfet du Département dans lequel nous vivons depuis 1856, nous efforçant de faire le plus de bien possible aux habitants du village ...´ (Translation: "I am perfectly sure of the esteem and affection of the population who miss no opportunity to give me proof of it; the few communists who reside in the village are there by order (always from the same one) and are not very dangerous. I am sorry to bother you with this letter, but I thought I should not conceal its contents from the Prefect of the Department in which we have lived since 1856, striving to do as much good as possible to the inhabitants of the village...") Paper with Imperial watermark. Accompanied by the original envelope, addressed in the Prince´s hand, postmarked and stamped, and bearing to the verso beneath the red crwon embossed seal a red wax seal in fine condition. Some words have slightly light ink. G to VG
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Lose: 480
Lose: 550
Lose: 520
Ort der Versteigerung
El Real del Campanario
num.12 Bajo B
Estepona
Malaga
29688
Spain
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