Army of Spain. LETTER FROM MARIUS CLARY TO HIS UNCLE NICOLAS CLARY, Madrid, February 1st, 1812. 18906-9

Spain Army. LETTER FROM MARIUS CLARY TO HIS UNCLE NICOLAS CLARY, Madrid, February 1, 1812. 18906-9

Correspondence with recipient address: "To Mr. Nicolas Clary / Rue des Jeûneurs No. 21 across from Rue St Pierre in Paris." Beautiful black wax seal.

Marius CLARY writes to his uncle Nicolas CLARY on February 1, 1812: he requests permission to remain at his post in the service of King Joseph*.
"… I do not wish to distress the Queen with a letter from me in these sad circumstances, but I come to ask you, my dear uncle, in consideration of the interest you have in me, to please explain to her my situation and urge her to intervene with the Prince to promptly obtain the permission I am seeking to stay with the King*. I also hope that she will have deigned to speak to Count Lacépède to authorize me to wear the decorations of Naples and Spain.
I will also ask you to convey my sincere regrets and respectful affection to our dear Queen and all my beloved aunts…".
Signed "Marius".

Poor condition, foxing, hole in the middle of the page (in the text), torn edge with missing part (outside the text), fold marks. Double sheet, 2 handwritten pages.
Dimensions: 25 cm x 20 cm.

BIOGRAPHIES:
- François Joseph Marie, known as MARIUS, Count Clary, born on October 3, 1786 in Marseille, died on January 27, 1841 in Paris, was a Colonel of the Grande Armée who became a General during the Restoration.
[...] After the campaigns in Prussia (1806) and Poland (1807), he entered the service of the King of Spain with the rank of colonel on June 9, 1808. He left the staff of King Joseph on January 10, 1810, when he took command of the Royal Spanish Guard Voltigeurs regiment and became a commander of the Royal Order of Spain.
He took part in the campaign in Austria (1809) and again in Spain from 1810 to 1812. After the Spanish quagmire, he returned to French service on June 27, 1813. [...]

- Joseph NICOLAS, 1st Count Clary (Marseille, March 26, 1760 - Paris, June 6, 1823), was a French politician of the 19th century.

* Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples from 1806 to 1808, then of Spain from 1808 to 1813, is an important figure in Napoleon's plan to establish French sovereignty over continental Europe.