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Impératrice EUGÉNIE (1826-1920).

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2 L.A.S., Camden Place, Chislehurst 1875 and n.d., to Éléonore-Hélène BUGEAUD, Countess Henry FERAY; 4 pages and a half in-8 (the 1st mourning). April 18 [1875]. She takes part in her "great sorrow" for the death of her mother, Marshal Bugeaud, Duchess of Isly.... July 21 [1877?]. Condolences for the death of her youngest daughter, a few months after the death of her son Napoleon: "I remain silent in the face of such pain! Providence overwhelms you by taking your children away from you! "»... JOINT 2 L.A.S. of condolences from Honorine Anthoine de Saint-Joseph, marshal SUCHET, duchess of Albufera, to the same, Paris 10 April 1877 and 15 December 1878.