MARIE-LOUISE (1791-1847) Empress of the French, second wife of Napoleon I. L.S., Saint-Cloud July 21, 1813, [to Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès]; the letter is in the hand of Méneval; half page in-4 (trace of tab). On the crisis of madness of general JUNOT, duke of Abrantès [relieved of his functions of governor of the Illyrian Provinces in June, repatriated to his father, Junot defended himself and was seriously wounded; put at the retirement the day after this letter, he died eight days later]. "My Cousin, I already knew the unfortunate accident arrived at the duke of Abrantès, and I grieved, as you, of the misfortune which struck one of the most ancient servants of the Emperor. I have seen with interest the help that you have hastened to bring to his deplorable situation. I flatter myself that the calm and the care of the doctors and his family will be able to return him to himself "...