Stéphanie de BEAUHARNAIS, Grand Duchess of Baden. Stéphanie - Lot 435

Stéphanie de BEAUHARNAIS, Grand Duchess of Baden. Stéphanie Louise Adrienne de Beauharnais (1789-1860) was the daughter of ComteClaude de Beauharnais, a relative by marriage of Empress Joséphine, and Adrienne deLezay-Marnésia. She was adopted by Napoleon I in 1806, making her a French Imperial Princess. On April 8, 1806, she married the future Grand DukeCharles II of Baden, son of Crown PrinceCharles-Louis of Baden (1755-1801) and Amélie of Hesse-Darmstadt. She became Grand Duchess of Baden - Letter A.S. Written on August 18, addressed to Baron D'ANDLAW, expressing her desire to see him. Mme de Beauharnais also had commissions for the Archduchess and the Queen of Prussia. "... I ask Baron d'ANDLAW to tell me what is preventing him from coming"... She assures him that she will make no use of his reply "not only for the borders of Austria, but even near my daughter, whose heart would be too wounded, if she could not suppose that the representative of her country, cannot or must not come to her." She apologizes for this "very undiplomatic letter", which will remain between them...