Louise-Marie Tècle Le Roy de Rocquemont (1763-1815),... - Lot 346 - Conan Belleville Hôtel d'Ainay

Louise-Marie Tècle Le Roy de Rocquemont (1763-1815), goddaughter of Louis XVI and governess of the Murat princesses in Naples. She was the mother-in-law of the Baron d'Arlincourt through the marriage of her daughter Athénaïs. - 3 L.A. au baron d'Arlincourt (paper with the Emperor's watermark, gilt edges), 10 pp. in-8 and in-4. Naples], 1811. News of his family and the Court of Naples. "I do not leave the princesses very often, but they are so kind to Athenais that she often pays them homage []. I would like, my dear friend, a very pretty whip for the Royal Prince, four small crystal carafes cut like the glasses that the Queen sent to the princesses to put water and wine and something nice for Prince Lucien []. You will buy me a Noah's Ark for Caroline, and a harlequin and another toy for Achellina [] ". - a "statement of M.R.'s property" with details of the pension of # 10,000 granted by the king, some precious jewels - mortuary extract drawn up in Naples (she died on 27 June 1815). - an "account of Madame de Rocquemont" from the hand of the Baron d'Arlincourt + an "account of the receipts and expenses made by Mr Gourdin [his chargé d'affaires] for Madame Le Roy de Rocquemont, in Naples" (1809 to 1815). - Manuscript of 26 pp. in-folio, done at Versailles on January 19 and February 9, 1790: "Liquidation and division of the property of the estate of the late Dame de Rhumilly [her mother-in-law]". - 6 letters from her chargé d'affaires, accompanied by fifteen or so pinned documents: receipts, notes, accounts, a draft letter to the Minister of Finance, etc., as well as a certificate of registration in the pension book, a beautiful invoice on the letterhead of Empress Joséphine's first hosiery, etc.