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Proclamation of the Empire—Napoleon unwilling to promote his sisters to the rank of Imperial Highness—State dinner at Saint-Cloud—Jealousy and mortification of Élisa and Caroline, on discovering that the wives of Joseph and Louis have become princesses—Violent scene between the Emperor and Caroline—Napoleon gives way, and the title of Imperial Highness is conferred upon his sisters—A question of etiquette—Baciocchi elected to the Senate—Pensions of Élisa and Caroline—Difficulty of deciding upon a suitable title for Madame Bonaparte—Mortification of that lady at not being included in the elevation of her children—Letter of Joseph Fesch to the Emperor—Napoleon decides to confer upon his mother the title of “Madame, mère de Sa Majesté, l’Empereur;’
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Proclamation of the Empire—Napoleon unwilling to promote his sisters to the rank of Imperial Highness—State dinner at Saint-Cloud—Jealousy and mortification of Élisa and Caroline, on discovering that the wives of Joseph and Louis have become princesses—Violent scene between the Emperor and Caroline—Napoleon gives way, and the title of Imperial Highness is conferred upon his sisters—A question of etiquette—Baciocchi elected to the Senate—Pensions of Élisa and Caroline—Difficulty of deciding upon a suitable title for Madame Bonaparte—Mortification of that lady at not being included in the elevation of her children—Letter of Joseph Fesch to the Emperor—Napoleon decides to confer upon his mother the title of “Madame, mère de Sa Majesté, l’Empereur;’
ABSTRACT
On May 18, 1804, the curtain was rung down on the farce of republican government, and the Empire proclaimed. And, singular phenomenon! Before that Empire had been many hours in existence, one found at the new Court the same rivalries, the same jealousies, the same struggles of contending vanity, as were to be witnessed at the Courts of monarchies several centuries old.
