Chouannerie. PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION AWARDED TO FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE CADY, SIGNED BY COUNT CHARLES D'AUTICHAMP, May 20, 1815. 18913-24
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Chouannerie. PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION AWARDED TO FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE CADY, SIGNED BY COUNT CHARLES D'AUTICHAMP, May 20, 1815. 18913-24
Commission with embossed stamp.
"BY ORDER OF THE KING" "ROYAL ARMY OF VENDÉENNE D'ANJOU"
"PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION"
"We, Count Charles d'Autichamp, Lieutenant-General of the King's Armies, Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis, commanding the Vendéen Army of Anjou,
Having seen the arming of the inhabitants of Vendée to combat the Enemies of the King, our letters of command in the Department of Maine et Loire, and our former title of General of Vendée, in the absence of the King and his Ministers;
After seeking the advice of the Army Organization Council,
Provisionally appoint Mr. Cady (François Alexandre) to the rank of Lieutenant, attached to the Staff of the 1st Corps. He will immediately assume his duties.
We invite all the General Officers, superiors, and individuals of the other Royal Armies, and order all those under our command to recognize him and make him recognized in the said capacity.
At Beaupreau, on May 20, 1815.
Signed: Count Charles d'Autichamp
For the General,
Signed: The Chief of General Staff: de Romain*."
Dimensions: 37.7 cm x 25.6 cm. Printed in Angers, L. Pavis Printing House, Printer of the King.
In fairly good condition, with folds and small tears, beautiful embossed stamp.
*COUNT FÉLIX DE ROMAIN, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF.
Born in Angers on June 15, 1766 (Saint-Julien parish); a student at the Artillery School of La Fère in 1782, appointed as a second lieutenant supernumerary in the Grenoble regiment, in Corsica, in 1785; promoted to second captain on July 25, 1791, in the company where Napoleon Bonaparte served as a lieutenant, he refused the oath to the constitution and emigrated to Worms, where the Prince of Condé gave him a warrant as a quartermaster in the artillery officers' company. He only returned in 1801 after participating in all the campaigns of the Princes' army, decorated with the Order of Saint-Louis by Louis XVIII in exile in February 1798.
Upon his return to Anjou, he married Anne-Amélie-Dominique du Chilleau in Poitiers on January 12, 1802, and settled in his Château de La Possonnière, which he later restored and expanded, as well as the chapel.
In 1803, he had a church built in the park for the inhabitants of La Possonnière, which he offered to the municipality of Savennières in exchange for its establishment as a succursal. That same year, and in 1814, the government offered him various missions, which he declined out of loyalty to Louis XVIII.
During the Hundred Days, he participated in the Vendéen insurrection with the rank of major general of the Anjou army, under the command of d'Autichamp.
After the Restoration, he was appointed a member of the relief commission for the Vendéens of the great war and had the honor of presenting the survivors to the Duchess of Angoulême on June 22, 1828, during her visit to Saint-Florent.
Retired as a battalion chief, he owed his appointment as colonel of artillery (February 1, 1816), inspector general of the national guards of the department (March 16, 1817), and his title of count (May 24, 1824), with letters patent recalling his services and those of his father-in-law, the Count du Chilleau, killed in the Battle of Oberkammlach, to his personal connection with Louis XVIII and the Count of Artois.
Involved once again in the 1832 Vendéen insurrection, he was arrested after the discovery of a weapons cache near his Château du Plessis-Beuvereau, and was compelled to leave France, traveling through Germany and Switzerland with his son.
He passed away in Angers (1st arrondissement) on March 6, 1858, at the age of 91, at his residence on Rue Cordelle and was buried in the Saint-René chapel of his Château de La Possonnière.
Commission with embossed stamp.
"BY ORDER OF THE KING" "ROYAL ARMY OF VENDÉENNE D'ANJOU"
"PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT'S COMMISSION"
"We, Count Charles d'Autichamp, Lieutenant-General of the King's Armies, Commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis, commanding the Vendéen Army of Anjou,
Having seen the arming of the inhabitants of Vendée to combat the Enemies of the King, our letters of command in the Department of Maine et Loire, and our former title of General of Vendée, in the absence of the King and his Ministers;
After seeking the advice of the Army Organization Council,
Provisionally appoint Mr. Cady (François Alexandre) to the rank of Lieutenant, attached to the Staff of the 1st Corps. He will immediately assume his duties.
We invite all the General Officers, superiors, and individuals of the other Royal Armies, and order all those under our command to recognize him and make him recognized in the said capacity.
At Beaupreau, on May 20, 1815.
Signed: Count Charles d'Autichamp
For the General,
Signed: The Chief of General Staff: de Romain*."
Dimensions: 37.7 cm x 25.6 cm. Printed in Angers, L. Pavis Printing House, Printer of the King.
In fairly good condition, with folds and small tears, beautiful embossed stamp.
*COUNT FÉLIX DE ROMAIN, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF.
Born in Angers on June 15, 1766 (Saint-Julien parish); a student at the Artillery School of La Fère in 1782, appointed as a second lieutenant supernumerary in the Grenoble regiment, in Corsica, in 1785; promoted to second captain on July 25, 1791, in the company where Napoleon Bonaparte served as a lieutenant, he refused the oath to the constitution and emigrated to Worms, where the Prince of Condé gave him a warrant as a quartermaster in the artillery officers' company. He only returned in 1801 after participating in all the campaigns of the Princes' army, decorated with the Order of Saint-Louis by Louis XVIII in exile in February 1798.
Upon his return to Anjou, he married Anne-Amélie-Dominique du Chilleau in Poitiers on January 12, 1802, and settled in his Château de La Possonnière, which he later restored and expanded, as well as the chapel.
In 1803, he had a church built in the park for the inhabitants of La Possonnière, which he offered to the municipality of Savennières in exchange for its establishment as a succursal. That same year, and in 1814, the government offered him various missions, which he declined out of loyalty to Louis XVIII.
During the Hundred Days, he participated in the Vendéen insurrection with the rank of major general of the Anjou army, under the command of d'Autichamp.
After the Restoration, he was appointed a member of the relief commission for the Vendéens of the great war and had the honor of presenting the survivors to the Duchess of Angoulême on June 22, 1828, during her visit to Saint-Florent.
Retired as a battalion chief, he owed his appointment as colonel of artillery (February 1, 1816), inspector general of the national guards of the department (March 16, 1817), and his title of count (May 24, 1824), with letters patent recalling his services and those of his father-in-law, the Count du Chilleau, killed in the Battle of Oberkammlach, to his personal connection with Louis XVIII and the Count of Artois.
Involved once again in the 1832 Vendéen insurrection, he was arrested after the discovery of a weapons cache near his Château du Plessis-Beuvereau, and was compelled to leave France, traveling through Germany and Switzerland with his son.
He passed away in Angers (1st arrondissement) on March 6, 1858, at the age of 91, at his residence on Rue Cordelle and was buried in the Saint-René chapel of his Château de La Possonnière.
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