Robert d'ORLÉANS, Duc de Chartres (Paris 1840 - Château de S - Lot 498

Robert d'ORLÉANS, Duc de Chartres (Paris 1840 - Château de Saint-Firmin (Oise) 1910) Grandson of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. Father of the Comte de Paris, Jean d'Orléans. A military man, he fought in the American Civil War, then found himself in exile with his uncles Joinville and Aumale in 1870. In 1871, he was sent to Algeria to quell a native revolt - 13 private LETTERS addressed to the Comte de SÉGUR (related). Very interesting family, political and military correspondence, especially from 1859 to 1871: L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, December 7, 1850 (he is 10 years old) + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, April 29, 1852 (he is 12 years old) + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, December 7, 1850 (he is 10 years old) + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, April 29, 1852 (he is 12 years old). Robert d'ORLÉANS, St Léonard June 16, 1858 (he is 18) + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Port Senochau (Italy) August 11, 1859: "I had then the excuse of war, now that of fishing... I am fighting Austrian absolutism. I think I should go to Piedmont only long enough not to break with this army...". + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Cairo (Egypt) March 8, 1860 (He is 20 years old) + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Orleans house Twickenham (England) July 23, 1862. He has returned from the Civil War against the Southerners. He participated alongside his brother in the conflict from Sept. 24, 1861 to July 16, 1862 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Morgan House, London October 21, 1867 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, March 1869 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Eisenach (Germany) May 6, 1870 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Eisenach (Germany) May 6, 1870 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Morgan House, London October 21, 1867. Robert d'ORLÉANS, de l'Algérie Campement de Barika, October 1, 1870 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, Morgan House, London June 24, 1871 + L.A.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, de Paris July 21, 1871 + LA.S. Robert d'ORLÉANS, de Constantine (Algérie) August 19, 1871 (He is 31 years old)