Royalist Revolt. Lower Normandy Division. CONFIRMATION OF THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT FOR JULIEN NICOLAS BRAULT, signed by Louis-Guérin de Bruslart*, Carentan, 22 May 1814. 18913-31R

Chouannerie. Lower Normandy Division. CONFIRMATION OF JULIEN NICOLAS BRAULT TO THE RANK OF SECOND LIEUTENANT, signed by Louis-Guérin de Bruslart*, Carentan, 22 May 1814. 18913-31R

Beautiful header of the Royal and Catholic Army. Lower Normandy Division, up to the left bank of the Seine.
Document No. 484. Duplicate.
Julien Nicolas BRAULT is confirmed in his rank of second lieutenant, provisionally given to him in 1799 by Count de Frotté, who was then in command of the Royalists of Lower Normandy. This document is signed by his successor Louis Guérin de Bruslart* on 22 May 1814.

Red wax seal "ROYAL ARMY OF THE WEST 1st Don NORMANDIE" and black wax seal "FOR MY KING."
Dimensions: 31.5 cm x 20 cm.
Good condition, traces of folds.

* Louis Guérin de Bruslart, born in 1752 in Thionville (French Luxembourg) and died on 10 December 1829 in Paris (74, rue Saint-Dominique), was one of the main actors of the Chouannerie [...]
Aide-de-camp of the Duke of Bourbon during the expedition to the island of Yeu in 1795.
He went into a long period of hiding from 1797 onwards and was in charge of the correspondence from Saint-Marcouf. He was Frotté's adjutant-major. Promoted to the rank of colonel, he became chief of staff after the execution of the leader in February 1800.
In July 1800, he went to England. Upon his return, he was tasked with enforcing the order of the Count of Artois to suspend any further renewal of hostilities.
In 1808, he was known to be hiding in Vaubadon. In 1812, he was assigned a mission for Bernadotte. In 1814, upon returning to Normandy, he was involved in preparing for the landing of the Duke of Berry. He remained in hiding in Valognes until the fall of the Emperor in July 1815. [...]

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
The Royal Catholic Army of Normandy, sometimes simply referred to as the Royal Army of Normandy as it included some Protestants among its ranks, was a Chouan army commanded by Louis de Frotté. However, the Norman Chouannerie was limited to the Orne and the south of Manche, and in Maine, some areas in the north of Mayenne.
Its motto was: "Religion, the king, or death!"