Honorine SUCHET DUCHESSE D'ALBUFERA (1790-1884)... Lot 412

Honorine SUCHET DUCHESSE D'ALBUFERA (1790-1884) Widow of marshal Suchet. L.A.S. 2 leaves two pages. Traces of adhesive folds and tears (outside the text). Dated August 14, 1875, addressed to a general, about his grandson Louis-Ernest Mathieu (1841-1926), Count de la Rédorte, cavalry squadron leader. "My dear general, my grandson Louis de la Rédorte tells me that he is going to Lunéville to take exams, I take advantage of this good opportunity to send you my affectionate remembrance and to tell you how happy I am that my grandson is under your orders. I would like to know that you are well in Lunéville and that you are quite happy with your health. I can no longer hear from you through our dear Berthe I feel her cruel loss more and more and my memory will remain eternally faithful to her.Farewell, my dear general receive the new assurance of my old and constant attachment."