[HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS (1783-1837) daughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Louis Bonaparte, Queen of Holland and mother of Napoleon III.] 15 letters and documents addressed to her (or to her steward Baron Devaux) or concerning her, most of them as duchess of Saint-Leu, 1815-1833. Certified copy of the minutes of the family council of December 24, 1809 on the separation of the King and Queen of Holland (on the letterhead of the Chancellery of France). L.S. of count Capo d'Istria to baron Devaux, concerning the desire of the duchess to settle in the canton of Saint-Gall (October 1815). Minute a.s. of a letter from baron Devaux to the dukes of Bassano and Vicenza and to count Daru (May 26, 1822), for the payment of a mandate of 200.000 francs given to the Queen by Napoleon "in 1815, at the time of his departure from Malmaisons". Judgment related to this case. L.A.S. from Chancellor Dambray to the Duchess, November 2, 1824, concerning the custody of her children: "The intention of the King in recognizing you duchess, in giving you a great title and a hereditary endowment from male to male, was undoubtedly that the child destined to collect them was brought up in his kingdom, that he received a French education, suitable to form him faithful and devoted subjects ; but if the father of this child is so blind to his true interests as to remove him from the king's dominion, and expose him to the loss of what he could hope for from his royal protection, His Majesty can only pity both the child and his mother"... It is up to the courts to decide. - Consultation and copy of judgment on this subject. Song, Departure from the Alps, annotated by Valérie Masuyer : " Popular melody collected and noted by the Queen herself. The French words are mine. Arenenberg 1833 V.M." (2 p. in-fol., defects and repairs). 3 letters from the Pierlot family (1839-1862), etc.