[NICOLAS-CHARLES OUDINOT (1767-1847)] WRITING CASE BELONGING TO NICOLAS-CHARLES OUDINOT, DUC DE REGGIO.

Lotto 158

2 5003 000

First Empire period Bound in green morocco leather, the upper cover is gilt-stamped 'Le Duc de Reggio', the edges decorated with gilded friezes, fitted with a silver lock. The interior features compartments, lined in green paper, with inkwell. 29 x 38 x 7 cm PROVENANCE: Nicolas-Charles Oudinot, Duc de Reggio (1767-1847) By descent to his daughter, Caroline Oudinot, who acquired the Château de Malicorne, Sarthe, in 1850 to preserve part of her father's collection Artcurial, Paris, 'Collections du Château de Malicorne Souvenirs historiques du Maréchal Oudinot', 13.06.2017, l.128 Nicolas-Charles Oudinot (1767-1847) was appointed Duke of Reggio by Emperor Napoleon I by letters patent dated April 14, 1810. Nicolas-Charles Oudinot was a French military officer. He joined the army at a very young age and distinguished himself during the French Revolutionary Wars. Under the First Empire, Oudinot became one of Napoleon I's most loyal and capable generals. He was made Marshal of the Empire in 1809 After his brilliant performance at the Battle of Wagram. He also took part in many other Napoleonic campaigns, notably in Spain, Russia (1812), Germany, and France.

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