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NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) - NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A very good D.S., ` Napol ´, a very bold black ink signature, signed with his full name, a bold ink signature, two pages, 4to, gilt edges, n.p., 31th January 1809, in French. The manuscript document is a decree, signed by Napoleon at the conclusion, containing three articles and stating to the heading ` Napoleon Empereur des français, Roi d´Italie et protecteur de la Confédération du Rhin´. The decree first article refers to the appointment of the Grand Chambellan Seigneur de Montesquiou as Count of the Empire, further ordering the Archichancellor to issue the letters patent grant, including the Royal seals. The third and last article states ` Le titre de Comte conféré au Sr. de Montesquiou sera transmissible à sa demande directe et légitime, naturelle ou adoptive, de mâle en mâle par ordre de primogéniture, lorsqu´il se sera présenté devant le Prince Archichancelier de l´Empire afin d´obtenir à ces effets nos lettres patentes...´ (Translation: ” The title of Count conferred on Mr. de Montesquiou will be transmissible at his direct and legitimate request, natural or adoptive, from male to male by order of primogeniture, when he has presented himself before the Prince Archchancellor of the Empire in order to obtain our letters patent for these purposes...”) A clean document with attractive bold ink signature. VG Pierre de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1764-1834) Montesquiou replaced Talleyrand as Grand Chambellan of the Empire in 1809.