Sword of the King's Guards attributed to Count d'Oilliamson, used in the former monarchy and reused in 1815 during the Restoration. 29812.

Sword of the King's Guards attributed to Count d'Oilliamson, used in the former monarchy and reused in 1815 during the Restoration. Item number 29812.

French-style silver-plated brass hilt. Pommel, guard piece, and knuckle bow adorned with a wavy frieze. Wood grip entirely filigreed in silver. Silver ferrules. Triangular blade, length 81.2 cm, signed at the heel "IS&C" engraved with military trophies and foliage. Crimson cloth knot. Black varnished leather scabbard with two silver fittings.

France.
Former Monarchy - Restoration.
Very good condition, blade with usual oxidation.

PROVENANCE:
Family provenance.

BIOGRAPHY:
Marie Gabriel Eléonore, "Count of Oilliamson," "Marquis of Courcy, Viscount of Coulibœuf," born in 1738, died in Falaise on January 10, 1830, is a French general.
As a sub-lieutenant in a dragoon regiment at the age of sixteen, he was a cornet in the Orleans Dragoon Regiment in 1757, where he became captain in the Orleans Dragoon Regiment, participating in all campaigns of the Seven Years' War, during which he distinguished himself and received the Cross of Saint-Louis in 1770. He became a colonel in December 1775.
After the war, he was appointed sub-lieutenant, then lieutenant of the Royal Bodyguards in the Luxembourg company in 1788.
Promoted to maréchal de camp in 1788, he showed himself to be a zealous supporter of the monarchy at the beginning of the Revolution and was one of the main agents of the coalition attempt organized in Caen in 1791.
After its failure, he emigrated and joined the Princes' army. He was appointed adjutant general of the Count of Provence, future Louis XVIII, for the 1792 campaign.
He later went to England, obtained the command of a noble corps of émigrés for the Quiberon and Île d'Yeu expeditions. Tasked with organizing the émigrés in Guernsey, he refused to take command of the Quiberon expedition, which he disapproved of, but still participated in it and was wounded there.
Arrested in Paris in 1798, he was imprisoned in the Temple and only regained his freedom after the Peace of Amiens.
He refused to serve under Bonaparte and lived in retirement until the Restoration, dedicating himself to the land of Saint-Germain-Langot owned by his wife.
Upon the Restoration, he was promoted to maréchal de camp, then lieutenant general in 1815.
He was one of the founders of the paternal association of the Knights of Saint-Louis, and contributed with all his might to the triumph of the royal cause.
He was made a commander in 1814, then a grand cross in 1825 of the Order of Saint-Louis, as well as a commander of the Order of the Phoenix by Hohenlohe.
He is the brother of Thomas Gabriel François d'Oilliamson (09/10/1740-1799), known as Gabriel Varon, lieutenant colonel of the second regiment of the Carabiniers of Monsieur, the king's brother, major general of Frotté's army, and second in command of the Catholic and Royal Army of Normandy, who was executed by the republicans.

NOTE:
The designation of maréchal de camp is used in place of general de brigade during the Restoration and the July Monarchy, the rank of lieutenant general replaces that of general de division. This designation disappeared definitively in 1848.