#louise marshall

[mitjalovse]

Martin Glover has a set of his own parameters and they inform his choices of collaboration as one can assume from this weird sentence I typed in here. I mean, him producing Pink Floyd? Sure, he probably always dreamed of this, though The Endless River is not really their album per se. No, the disc serves as the postscript to their career, yet the LP concludes with the tune on the link, where everything fits. We follow the foggy landscapes to reach the oasis in the form of the finale, which might be too close to whatever they did during the late 80's, yet what a song! Sure, this is not one of their best, yet the things just soars in the vein of their classics. Of course, the piece has a bitter-sweet quality now, since this was a celebration of their detente that evaporated later on.

[isa-ko]

Hello! My brain’s kinda fried rn w/IRL stuff, but it’s been a bit since i did a proper art dump. Soult-centric. I seriously need to draw someone else💀

[meneeddeadmenyaoi]

Been drawing Mortisoult theyre way too cute TT

[lavendersewingcircle]

Catherine Hubscher, Maréchale Lefebvre Duchesse de Dantzig, by an anonymous artist circa 1810

Of all the Marshals’ wives, Catherine was one of the most loyal to Napoleon. This did not prevent her from criticising him though, and she did so bluntly when she felt it was deserved. Despite this, Napoleon and Josephine were both very fond of her and while some at court sneered at this woman of most humble beginnings, the Emperor made a point of using her title every time he spoke to her. On one occasion, when the Duchess of Lusignan snidely remarked “Sire, it pleased your Majesty to drop the title of duchess on Madame Lefebvre”, Napoleon rather coldly shot back “It pleased me to raise the title of duchess to Madame Lefebvre”!

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[empirearchives]

Costumes of Napoleonic figures at the Devonshire House Ball of 1897

1. Aileen May (née Wyndham-Quin), Countess of Meath as Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland

2. Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (née Countess Josephine Kinsky) as Princess Pauline Bonaparte Borghese

3. Thérèse (née Kinsky), Countess Clary-Aldringen as Caroline Bonaparte Murat, Queen of Naples

4. Florence Anne (née Cole), Lady Delamere as Hortense de Beauharnais

5. Sir Charles Edward Cradock-Hartopp, 5th Bt as Napoleon I; Millicent Florence Eleanor (née Wilson), Lady Cradock-Hartopp (later Countess Cowley and Mrs Duberly) as the Empress Josephine

6. Lord Arthur Vincent Hay; William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale; Candida Louise, Marchioness of Tweeddale as the Empress Josephine

7. Kathleen (née Douglas-Pennant), Viscountess Falmouth as Madame Recamier

8. Maria Henrietta Sophia Chaine (née Phipps) as Madame Sans Gêne

9. Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin as Marshal Lefevre

10. Catherine Dorothea Mary Grosvenor (née Simeon) as Marie Louise

[cedyat]

Look, I don't know. Loosely based on a school trip to Scotland.

[josefavomjaaga]

Hello, dear Josefa ✨

I hope you are doing well!

While Flower and myself were talking about our favourite couples of the napoleonic era, our conversation found its way to the Soults which we would love to group with couples like the Davouts or the Mortiers but can't because of the cheating on our monsieur le maréchal Soult's part.

With that in mind, we wondered: Do we know how madame Soult reacted to the cheating? How did her behaviour change through the first days, weeks, months after finding out? Did it even change?

We are aware that we don't know any details of the actual conversation where the couple discussed this matter but we still wanted to ask!

Thank you for your time and effort! c:

We do not really know, I fear. We do not even know when and how exactly she learned about Soult's little secondary Spanish family. It is quite possible that it did not come completely unexpected anymore, as people in Paris had been gossipping about Soult's alleged infidelities ever since 1810, and in one of his 1811 letters Soult kind of had admitted to a marital misstep.

If I remember correctly, Soult finally was granted permission to leave Spain by mid-February 1813, and could leave at the beginning of March. On his way through Southern France he took the occasion to go see his old mother in Saint-Amans, whom he originally had wanted to visit four years earlier, on his way into Spain. I do not remember (I'm not even sure if it is clear) if Louise and the kids already met with him in Saint-Amans or if they waited for him in Paris but I suspect they went to Saint-Amans and from there back to the capital that Soult reached at the beginning of April. He soon had to leave again, this time with Napoleon to Germany, on the 1813 campaign, and on 12 April he already gave full powers in all matters to his wife so she could handle affairs during his absence.

Did she at this point already know about the full extent of these affairs? It's likely, but we do not have any real clue.

She must have known by late June 1813, however (interestingly, that's the same time when, many miles away, Maria de la Paz Baylèn and her little baby son leave Spain and enter France). We know that because Soult in his letter fom 23 June at least vaguely hints at how hurt Louise must have been by his confessions. He invites her to come to meet with him at Dresden with their children, despite the fact that [...]

you will not be lodged very well, but you will be with me, your sorrows will cease, your cheerfulness will return, and you will be certain that, despite everything that has happened, you have never ceased to be tenderly loved [...]

"Despite everything that has happened" clearly means that by that point, Louise is fully aware of the existence of Maria de la Paz and her baby. And she had taken it badly, as was to be expected. Obviously, she doubted Soult's love for her, and she may have considered taking further steps, or at least that's something Soult feared:

I'm not talking about the other feelings, for nothing could add to their strength other than the step you're taking right now.

(All emphasis by me)

And then he continues to implore her to come and sit down with him and talk it all over.

So, obviously lots of trouble in honeymoon land. From the looks of it, I'd say Louise did not so much react with fury, but rather turned sad and depressed - which probably hit Soult far more. Her fury she apparently kept in stock for one French emperor to be used when she heard that her husband was about to be sent back to Spain again. But that's a different story 😁.

Thank you for the question, and I hope this kind of suffices, as it seems to be all information there is. (All quotes from N. Gotteri, "Le Maréchal Soult", as usual.)

[slowtides]

[Image ID in ALT] | May Sarton, Journal Entry / Louise Bourgeois, "The Welcoming Hands" / Al Purdy, "Poem" / Yesterday's Trails, Archive / Bronwen Wallace, "What it Comes to Mean" / Edvard Munch, "Consolation" / Harryette Mullen, "Shedding Skin" / Camille Mariet, "Sharing a Bubble Bath on a Rainy Day" / Maya Marshall, "All the Blood Involved in Love" / Samantha Conlon, Journal Entry

"this gentleness we learn / from what we can't heal"

[au-pas-camarades]

he's ill (and married)

[lesbiansaltzman]

TVDU (The Vampire Diaries Universe) SHIP BRACKET

ROUND 2, BATTLE 28: Jayley (Jackson Kenner x Hayley Marshall, TO) VS Noralise (Nora Hildegard x Mary Louise, TVD)

[northernmariette]

A bit more about Bernadotte, a tiny little crumb about Mortier

Just about a year ago, just before Bernadotte's birthday, I kept coming across new discoveries regarding the previous birthday boy, Ney. Well, discoveries new to me, anyway.

This year, coming up on Mortier's birthday, I keep coming across new discoveries regarding the previous birthday boy, Bernadotte. This latest one is from "Journal du comte Rodolphe Apponyi, attaché de l'ambassade d'Autriche-Hongrie à Paris", to be found on Gallica. Silly me, I forgot to note the page but it's round about page 15, and it's for the year 1844. It is shortish, so I will transcribe the extract in its entirety, followed by my own rough translation:

"Le roi de Suède est toujours mourant. Il a été si mal, ces derniers temps, que malgré sa défense expresse de ne jamais le saigner, de le laisser mourir plutôt que de faire cette opération, on l'a fait par ordre exprès de la reine, mais quel ne fut pas l'etonnement des assistants, en voyant sur ce bras royal quantité de tatouages cabalistiques et surtout, du haut en bas la phrase suivante en grosses lettres: "Liberté. Égalité. Vive la République!"

On m'a raconté, à ce propos, que lorsque Bernadotte a été en Corse, il a voulu épouser la fille d'un fermier parce qu'elle avait quelque argent; les parents de la jeune fille ne la lui ont pas accordée parce que lui n'en avait point et qu'il n'était que simple soldat. Cette femme vit encore: elle est si pauvre qu'elle est servante dans une petite maison bourgeoise où elle porte de l'eau et fait le gros ouvrage dans la cuisine!"

The King of Sweden is Bernadotte, of course. He did die in 1844, after spending 34 years successfully ruling Sweden, unofficially as the Crown Prince since 1810, then as the actual King from 1818.

Here is my translation of the preceding French text:

"The King of Sweden is still near death. He has been so ill of late that in spite of his formal command never to bleed him, to let him die rather than to carry out this procedure, the Queen ordered it to be done; but the medical assistants were astonished to see on the royal arm a multitude of cabalistic tattoos but especially, from top to bottom, the following phrase in large lettering: "Liberty. Equality. Long live the Republic!"

I have been told that when Bernadotte was stationed in Corsica, he had wanted to marry the daughter of a farmer because she had some money; her parents refused to grant his request, because he had no money of his own and because he was but a soldier. The woman in question is still alive: she is so poor that she is now a servant in a small bourgeois household, where she fetches water and works as a scullery maid."

Bernadotte did serve in Corsica before the Révolution. At the time, Corsica had not been part of France for very long and the political situation there was not terribly stable. I have not looked into this, but I wonder if he and Napoleon might have been there at the same time in the 1780s. I wonder too if Bernadotte knew about the Bonaparte family at least by reputation, as it had at least some degree of prominence on the island, and certainly much prominence in Ajaccio.

Regarding Bernadotte's tattoos, I have seen different versions of what the exact wording was - "Death to Kings" is what I have read elsewhere - where this particular tattoo was located (arm? chest?), and the reason for Bernadotte's reticence. I think it makes more sense that he did not want to be bled than the reason I have seen elsewhere, namely that he was embarrassed that his doctor would see the tattoo. By the time he was at death's door, somehow I doubt he would have cared that much about his doctor's opinion about very old tattoos - including the cabalistic ones, which I think referred to freemasonry symbols.

Now on to the Mortier crumblet.

I am still reading Philip Mansel's "The Eagle in Splendour" with pleasure and interest. I do have a bone to pick with him, which is that he does not sufficiently quote his sources. This drives me nuts when I want to find out more about any particular aspect of his book. I have no idea where the following information comes from, and it does leave me wondering.

On page 59, Mansel writes, concerning Napoleon's marriage to Marie-Louise:

"Throughout the round of glittering ceremonies, the Emperor and Empress were surrounded by members of the imperial family and, above all, of the court. Duroc, Berthier, Montesquiou and Marshal Mortier were especially prominent (...)."

Huh? Why was Mortier especially prominent at the time of Napoleon's second wedding? Why he, among all the Marshals? No surprise about Berthier, who had been sent to Vienna to finalise the marriage agreement and who had actually married Marie-Louise by proxy; but Mortier? And in what role? This doesn't seem to be something I will find out from Mansel. Not cool.

[isa-ko]

This’ll be my last post before a long break from social media, so I make it about Soult and Louise🤭! I’ll come back tho, I just gotta kick exam butts first

[murillo-enthusiast]

If Louise became a dragon would you have more cute dragon babies?

Nothing would please me more, but such things are not meant to be.

[maggiec70]

oh man, you hate Louise Lannes for literally everything. Even such small things as choosing names for her children as Alfred, Ernest and Olivier-Gustave, which cannot even be called bad.

What exactly causes such strong dislike which I'll be honest often seems more irrational than not? I am ready to bet my life, that Louise wasn't an angel most people think she was, but it comes off that you are ready to hate her even for her eyebrows

"Hatred" is too strong a word, and not at all accurate for my collection of feelings for The Lovely Louise. I will, however, grant you that I dislike her generally, think she is easy to laugh at and mock, hold her in contempt for several issues, dismiss her as petty, greedy, spiteful, and intellectually bankrupt--and I do not mean in terms of education.

I am sorry you think my opinions are somehow "irrational," but they are based on more years of research and analysis than you can imagine. It is certainly true that I intend to take aim at the one-dimensional view of Louise perpetuated by centuries of biographers and historians who never bothered to look much beyond Laure Junot's drug-induced memoirs that were nauseatingly laudatory regarding Louise, referring to her as lovely as a madonna, with the personality to match.

But I will say that the primary reasons that Louise is more accurately the Black Widow than anything remotely resembling a madonna are these: her behavior as Marie-Louise's dame d'honneur, where her conduct was anything but honorable; her whiplash turn to the Bourbons the minute after Napoleon's 1814 abdication, and offering her house to Wellington as his headquarters, together with other offers of assistance to the Allies; her strong-arming Marie-Louise into abandoning Napoleon; and finally, her actions regarding Jean-Claude Lannes. There is much more, but that is it for the moment.

[donospl]

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[josefavomjaaga]

Madame Soult worries about her daughter

Don't be afraid [...] that Hortense will be less pretty than her brother. I assure you that she will be extremely so, and that she will turn more than one gentleman's head. Give her time to develop and you will see if my prediction is justified. Above all, she will be a very beautiful woman, a piquant brunette, very gentle, with a sparkle in her eye, fine and witty, and above all, a happy character that will make her loving and make people love her.

Soult reassuring his wife in a letter, on 16 January 1807, from Poland (translated from N.Gotteri, Maréchal Soult). Apparently, Madame Soult had worried about her little daughter Hortense (still a toddler at the time, only three years old!) not turning out beautiful enough. 1807 would be the year when Louise Berg-Soult would suffer through a period of depression herself, and I can’t help but wonder in how far this was related to having to shoulder all the new representation duties alone, and to the malicious gossip that seems to have been the only thing that truly worked at Napoleon’s court. Contemporary sources all hint at Louise being rather plain, her portraits seem to confirm that. One has to wonder as to how she must have felt at a court where beauty was the one and only thing a woman had going for her. (In August of the same year, she would send Soult the eternal female complaint about her becoming too fat.)

Anyway, considering that this

is a photo of her son Napoléon Héctor as a grown-up, and this

a portrait of his sister Hortense, I’m not sure if Madame Soult worried about the right of her two children… 😋