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MAXIMILIAN, COUNT OF MERVELDT: (1764-1815) Westphalian noble. Austrian General of Cavalry.
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MAXIMILIAN, COUNT OF MERVELDT: (1764-1815) Westphalian noble. Austrian General of Cavalry. Served as Ambassador to Russia under Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, and later as extraordinary envoy to Great Britain. Maximilian fought with distinction against the Ottoman empire, in the French Revolutionary wars and in the Napoleonic wars. A very fine L.S., `Merveldt´, four pages, 4to, London, 29th March 1814, to Wilhelm von Genotte, in Madrid, in French. A very interesting content letter with good association, written the day the allies and the Tsar Alexander I entered Paris, and only few days before Napoleon signed his abdication. Maximilian states in part `Le Baron de Wessenberg en partant d´ici il y a trois semaines m´a prévenu que vous adréssiez vos rapports à S. A. le Prince de Metternich par le canal de l´Ambassade à Londres, adréssés encore sous le couvert du Baron de Wessenberg…´ (Translation: ` The Baron of Wessenberg, when leaving here three weeks ago, informed me that you were sending your reports to H.H. the Prince of Metternich through the channel of the Embassy in London, still addressed under cover of the Baron de Wessenberg…´ Maximilian further refers to the allies negotiations with the French representatives, stating in part `Les dernières dépêches que j´ai reçues de Chaumont m´annoncent que les negotiations de Chatillon continuaient encore alors que le duc de Vicence ayant tardé à répondre au projet de paix préliminaire qui lui a été remis par nos plénipotentiaires où était convenu avec lui que le 27 suivant que la réponse ne pourrait être différée au-delà du 10 Mars. Les explications que le négociateur français a donné ce jour-là, n´accordant ni ne refusant rien et étant visiblement calculées pour trainer la négociation en longueur, nos plénipotentiaires ont eu ordre de demander itérativement et dans les vingt quatre heures ou l´acceptation ou le refus purs et simples de nos propositions…´ (Translation: `The latest dispatches that I have received from Chaumont inform me that the negotiations at Chatillon were still continuing while the Duke of Vicenza having been slow to respond to the preliminary peace draft treaty which was given to him by our plenipotentiaries, where it was agreed with him until the following 27th that the answer could not be deferred beyond March 10th. The explanations that the French negotiator gave that day, neither granting nor refusing anything and being visibly calculated to drag out the negotiation, our plenipotentiaries were ordered to request iteratively and within twenty-four hours either the acceptance or the pure and simple refusal of our proposals...´) Further again Maximilian refers to an initial treaty signed, stating `… ont arrêté entre elles un traité daté du 1er mars et signé le 9 entre le Prince de Metternich, le comte de Nesselrode, Lord Castlereagh et le Baron Hardenberg. Le traité est destine à remplir le double objet d´une coopération plus forte, plus intime encore, dans le cas où nos efforts pour le rétablissement de la paix resteraient sans effet et d´une garantie mutuelle entre les Puissances pour le maintien de l´ordre des choses qui sera le résultat de la negotiation. Un article particulier stipule d´inviter les Puissances les plus exposées à une invasión de la France à acceder au dit traité d´alliance défensive et on compte beaucoup que l´Espagne et le Portugal y prendront part´ (Translation: `… have concluded between them a treaty dated March 1st, and signed on the 9th, between the Prince of Metternich, the Count of Nesselrode, Lord Castlereagh and Baron Hardenberg. The treaty is intended to fulfil the double object of a stronger, even more intimate cooperation, in the event that our efforts for the restoration of peace should prove ineffective, and of a mutual guarantee between the allies for the maintenance of peace order which will be the result of the negotiation. A particular article stipulates to invite the allies most exposed to an invasion of France to accede to the said treaty of defensive alliance and it is expected that Spain and Portugal will take part in it´) A letter of extremely interesting content on the days of the occupation of Paris and few days before Napoleon´s abdication. When Maximilian died in 1815, the British government proposed to bury him at Westminster Abbey. However, his widow took into account his last wishes and had the remains sent to Germany. Small overall age wear with a small tear to the fold edge, otherwise G Wilhelm von Genotte (1764-?) Austrian Diplomat.Baron Johann von Wessenberg (1773-1858) Austrian Diplomat Statesman. He was appointed second Austrian delegate, after Prince Metternich, at the Congress of Vienna.Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) Politician and Statesman, one of the most important diplomats of his era. Austrian Empire's Foreign Minister and Chancellor 1821-48.Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862) Russian Count, Diplomat and Foreign Affairs Minister 1816-56.Karl August von Hardenberg (1750-1822) Prussian Statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia 1804-06, 1807 & 1810-22 Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822) Anglo-Irish Statesman, Foreign Secretary 1812-22 and a central figure in the coalition which defeated NapoleonArmand de Caulincourt (1773-1827) Duke of Vicence. French military Officer, diplomat and close advisor to Napoleon I. Former aide de camp to Napoleon, he was later appointed Ambassador to Russia, during which time he developed a close friendship with Tsar Alexander I. His tasks as Ambassador included attempting to arrange a marriage between Napoleon and one of the sisters of the Tsar. He strongly advised Napoleon against his proposed campaign into Russia but was unsuccessful in dissuading the Emperor. Caulincourt also served Napoleon as Grand Marshal of the Palace and Minister of Foreign Affairs. The provision for Napoleon on the island of Elba after his abdication is credited to Caulaincourt, who reportedly was able to influence the Tsar Alexander I for this disposition. The Treaty of Chaumont was a series of separately-signed but identically-worded agreements in 1814 between the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom. They were dated in March 1814. The treaty was intended to draw the powers of the Sixth Coalition into a closer alliance in case France rejected the peace terms they had recently offered. Each power agreed to put 150,000 soldiers in the field against France and to guarantee for twenty years the European peace against French aggression. The resulting Treaty of Chaumont was signed by Emperor Alexander I, Emperor Francis II, King Frederick William III, and British Foreign Secretary Viscount Castlereagh. The treaty called for Napoleon to give up all conquests and thus to revert France to its pre-revolutionary borders in exchange for a ceasefire. If Napoleon rejected the treaty, the Allies pledged to continue the war. If Napoleon accepted, he would be allowed to continue to rule as the Emperor of the French and to keep a dynasty. The following day, Napoleon rejected the treaty, which ended his last chance of a negotiated settlement. The decisions were again ratified and put into effect by the Congress of Vienna of 1814-1815. The terms were largely written by Lord Castlereagh. Key terms included the establishment of a confederated Germany, the division of Italy into independent states, the restoration of the Bourbon kings of Spain and the enlargement of the Netherlands to include what in 1830 became Belgium. The treaty became the cornerstone of the alliance that formed the European balance of power for decades.
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MAXIMILIAN, COUNT OF MERVELDT: (1764-1815) Westphalian noble. Austrian General of Cavalry. Served as Ambassador to Russia under Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, and later as extraordinary envoy to Great Britain. Maximilian fought with distinction against the Ottoman empire, in the French Revolutionary wars and in the Napoleonic wars. A very fine L.S., `Merveldt´, four pages, 4to, London, 29th March 1814, to Wilhelm von Genotte, in Madrid, in French. A very interesting content letter with good association, written the day the allies and the Tsar Alexander I entered Paris, and only few days before Napoleon signed his abdication. Maximilian states in part `Le Baron de Wessenberg en partant d´ici il y a trois semaines m´a prévenu que vous adréssiez vos rapports à S. A. le Prince de Metternich par le canal de l´Ambassade à Londres, adréssés encore sous le couvert du Baron de Wessenberg…´ (Translation: ` The Baron of Wessenberg, when leaving here three weeks ago, informed me that you were sending your reports to H.H. the Prince of Metternich through the channel of the Embassy in London, still addressed under cover of the Baron de Wessenberg…´ Maximilian further refers to the allies negotiations with the French representatives, stating in part `Les dernières dépêches que j´ai reçues de Chaumont m´annoncent que les negotiations de Chatillon continuaient encore alors que le duc de Vicence ayant tardé à répondre au projet de paix préliminaire qui lui a été remis par nos plénipotentiaires où était convenu avec lui que le 27 suivant que la réponse ne pourrait être différée au-delà du 10 Mars. Les explications que le négociateur français a donné ce jour-là, n´accordant ni ne refusant rien et étant visiblement calculées pour trainer la négociation en longueur, nos plénipotentiaires ont eu ordre de demander itérativement et dans les vingt quatre heures ou l´acceptation ou le refus purs et simples de nos propositions…´ (Translation: `The latest dispatches that I have received from Chaumont inform me that the negotiations at Chatillon were still continuing while the Duke of Vicenza having been slow to respond to the preliminary peace draft treaty which was given to him by our plenipotentiaries, where it was agreed with him until the following 27th that the answer could not be deferred beyond March 10th. The explanations that the French negotiator gave that day, neither granting nor refusing anything and being visibly calculated to drag out the negotiation, our plenipotentiaries were ordered to request iteratively and within twenty-four hours either the acceptance or the pure and simple refusal of our proposals...´) Further again Maximilian refers to an initial treaty signed, stating `… ont arrêté entre elles un traité daté du 1er mars et signé le 9 entre le Prince de Metternich, le comte de Nesselrode, Lord Castlereagh et le Baron Hardenberg. Le traité est destine à remplir le double objet d´une coopération plus forte, plus intime encore, dans le cas où nos efforts pour le rétablissement de la paix resteraient sans effet et d´une garantie mutuelle entre les Puissances pour le maintien de l´ordre des choses qui sera le résultat de la negotiation. Un article particulier stipule d´inviter les Puissances les plus exposées à une invasión de la France à acceder au dit traité d´alliance défensive et on compte beaucoup que l´Espagne et le Portugal y prendront part´ (Translation: `… have concluded between them a treaty dated March 1st, and signed on the 9th, between the Prince of Metternich, the Count of Nesselrode, Lord Castlereagh and Baron Hardenberg. The treaty is intended to fulfil the double object of a stronger, even more intimate cooperation, in the event that our efforts for the restoration of peace should prove ineffective, and of a mutual guarantee between the allies for the maintenance of peace order which will be the result of the negotiation. A particular article stipulates to invite the allies most exposed to an invasion of France to accede to the said treaty of defensive alliance and it is expected that Spain and Portugal will take part in it´) A letter of extremely interesting content on the days of the occupation of Paris and few days before Napoleon´s abdication. When Maximilian died in 1815, the British government proposed to bury him at Westminster Abbey. However, his widow took into account his last wishes and had the remains sent to Germany. Small overall age wear with a small tear to the fold edge, otherwise G Wilhelm von Genotte (1764-?) Austrian Diplomat.Baron Johann von Wessenberg (1773-1858) Austrian Diplomat Statesman. He was appointed second Austrian delegate, after Prince Metternich, at the Congress of Vienna.Prince Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) Politician and Statesman, one of the most important diplomats of his era. Austrian Empire's Foreign Minister and Chancellor 1821-48.Karl Nesselrode (1780-1862) Russian Count, Diplomat and Foreign Affairs Minister 1816-56.Karl August von Hardenberg (1750-1822) Prussian Statesman and Prime Minister of Prussia 1804-06, 1807 & 1810-22 Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822) Anglo-Irish Statesman, Foreign Secretary 1812-22 and a central figure in the coalition which defeated NapoleonArmand de Caulincourt (1773-1827) Duke of Vicence. French military Officer, diplomat and close advisor to Napoleon I. Former aide de camp to Napoleon, he was later appointed Ambassador to Russia, during which time he developed a close friendship with Tsar Alexander I. His tasks as Ambassador included attempting to arrange a marriage between Napoleon and one of the sisters of the Tsar. He strongly advised Napoleon against his proposed campaign into Russia but was unsuccessful in dissuading the Emperor. Caulincourt also served Napoleon as Grand Marshal of the Palace and Minister of Foreign Affairs. The provision for Napoleon on the island of Elba after his abdication is credited to Caulaincourt, who reportedly was able to influence the Tsar Alexander I for this disposition. The Treaty of Chaumont was a series of separately-signed but identically-worded agreements in 1814 between the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom. They were dated in March 1814. The treaty was intended to draw the powers of the Sixth Coalition into a closer alliance in case France rejected the peace terms they had recently offered. Each power agreed to put 150,000 soldiers in the field against France and to guarantee for twenty years the European peace against French aggression. The resulting Treaty of Chaumont was signed by Emperor Alexander I, Emperor Francis II, King Frederick William III, and British Foreign Secretary Viscount Castlereagh. The treaty called for Napoleon to give up all conquests and thus to revert France to its pre-revolutionary borders in exchange for a ceasefire. If Napoleon rejected the treaty, the Allies pledged to continue the war. If Napoleon accepted, he would be allowed to continue to rule as the Emperor of the French and to keep a dynasty. The following day, Napoleon rejected the treaty, which ended his last chance of a negotiated settlement. The decisions were again ratified and put into effect by the Congress of Vienna of 1814-1815. The terms were largely written by Lord Castlereagh. Key terms included the establishment of a confederated Germany, the division of Italy into independent states, the restoration of the Bourbon kings of Spain and the enlargement of the Netherlands to include what in 1830 became Belgium. The treaty became the cornerstone of the alliance that formed the European balance of power for decades.
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