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... Empress Marie - Louise . We all know how little store the Duchess of Parma set by that pious gift . A first will , drawn up earlier and placed in the hands of Count Bertrand , had been burnt by order of Napoleon , to be superseded by a ...
... Empress Marie - Louise . We all know how little store the Duchess of Parma set by that pious gift . A first will , drawn up earlier and placed in the hands of Count Bertrand , had been burnt by order of Napoleon , to be superseded by a ...
Page 34
... Empress Marie - Louise received only the lace and a little gold bracelet with Napoleon's hair , these modest gifts being quite enough for the fickle archduchess who replaced her unhappy exiled spouse so soon with a one - eyed general ...
... Empress Marie - Louise received only the lace and a little gold bracelet with Napoleon's hair , these modest gifts being quite enough for the fickle archduchess who replaced her unhappy exiled spouse so soon with a one - eyed general ...
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... Empress Marie - Louise , my most dear and beloved spouse , she owes me two millions , which I dispose of in the present codicil , in order to reward my faithful servants whom I commend to the protection of my dear Marie - Louise . I. I ...
... Empress Marie - Louise , my most dear and beloved spouse , she owes me two millions , which I dispose of in the present codicil , in order to reward my faithful servants whom I commend to the protection of my dear Marie - Louise . I. I ...
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