Sophie Dawes, Queen of Chantilly . due de Bourbon, prince de Conde, she was re-ceived with open arms by a certain set of would-be leaders of fashion. The wife of a Colonel swore that she would find her a husband, and a husbandwas found in the person of Adrien Victor deFeucheres, an officer in the Royal Guard andcredulous enough to please anybody. Rully or Reuilly. The Archives Nationales in Paris possess aletter from Adeles mother to the duke in which she thanks himfor his care of her child. I shall forget all the wrong you have done me ; that wrongis repaired since it is to you that our child
Sophie Dawes, Queen of Chantilly . due de Bourbon, prince de Conde, she was re-ceived with open arms by a certain set of would-be leaders of fashion. The wife of a Colonel swore that she would find her a husband, and a husbandwas found in the person of Adrien Victor deFeucheres, an officer in the Royal Guard andcredulous enough to please anybody. Rully or Reuilly. The Archives Nationales in Paris possess aletter from Adeles mother to the duke in which she thanks himfor his care of her child. I shall forget all the wrong you have done me ; that wrongis repaired since it is to you that our child owes her will never speak of it again, and I shall only remember whatI suffered in order to realize my present happiness. . January 20th, 1804. <« L Mimi M. and Mme. de Rully lived with the duke and were treated by him with the greatest kindness until Mme. de Feucheres forced her lover to drive them away. Mme. de Rully had her own suite of apartments at Chantilly and a fine hotel in the rue Monsieur, Paris. 18. Phcto XeurdeiuTHE DUG DE BOURBONFrom the portrait at the Musee Conde, Chntitilly, by Pierre Danloux Her Marriage Before returning to England, Sophie, in orderto make her marriage legal in France, on June 4th,1818, announced at the maivie of the avrondisse-ment in which she was then living her approachingunion with M. de Feucheres. In this documentshe calls herself Mme. Sophie Clarck \sic], widowof William Dawes and daughter of Richard Clarckand Jeanne Walker his wife; she gives heraddress at No. 9, rue Neuve des Capucines,Paris. She then went over to London, from whenceshe wrote a letter to her duke, dated July 25th,1818, in which she said : I am only awaitingthe arrival of M. de Feucheres to conclude thisimportant matter. To this man Sophie was accordingly married onAugust i6th, 1818, with Catholic rites in theSpanish Chapel, now the Roman Cathohc church ofSt. James in Spanish Place, and with Protestantrites (as Sophie had not changed her religion at th
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