Ponte-Corvo

Departure of the Prince of Ponte-Corvo -- Prediction and superstition

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I must tell you, also he has given me 2,000,000 francs in exchange for my principality of Ponte-Corvo.

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The intelligence soon reached the ears of the Prince of Ponte-Corvo, and was confirmed by the official report of the commissioner for the Imperial and Royal

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Most unfortunately the aide-de-camp bearing the Emperor's orders to the Prince of Ponte-Corvo had fallen into the hands of a party of Cossacks; and when the Emperor was informed of this circumstance the day after the battle, his resentment was appeased, though not his disappointment.

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At my suggestion the Prince of Ponte-Corvo gave orders for putting a stop to the clandestine business at Eschburg.

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The Prince of Ponte-Corvo lightened, as far as possible, the unjust burdens and vexations to which that unfortunate town was subject.

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I used every endeavour to second the Prince of Ponte-Corvo in tracing out the persons employed by England.

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In the spring of 1808 a circumstance occurred which gave, me much uneasiness; it was the departure of Bernadotte, Prince of Ponte-Corvo, who received orders to repair to Copenhagen.

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The Prince of Ponte-Corvo was summoned to join the Grand Army with the Saxon troops under his command and for the time he resigned the government of the Hanse Towns.

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Napoleon, conscious that Bernadotte was not carrying out the blockade, and irritated by his persistent refusal to enter into French combinations, and pay tribute to carry on French wars, had suppressed his revenues as a French prince - Bernadotte had been created Prince of Ponte-Corvo in 1806 - had refused to communicate with him, and when the King of Rome was born had sent back the Swedish decoration offered.

The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte Tarbell, Ida 1899