Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(NAPOLÉON.) CHARLES XIV JOHN; KING OF SWEDEN. Letter Signed, "J. Bernadotte," to Intendant-General Pierre Daru, in French, requesting that he promote Mr. Flichet to Inspector of Forage on the recommendation of ordnance officer Duprat because of his zeal during the last campaign. 1 page, folio; inlaid, folds. Hamburg, 3 November 1807

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Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (1763-1844) was a Marshal of France who married Napoleon's ex-fiancée Desiree Clary, later becoming King of Sweden and Norway, known there as Charles XIV John.