1829 French Royal Marriage Contract Manuscript Official Notarial Duplicate (Expédition) Featuring the Assents of King Charles X, the Dauphin, & Marie-Thérèse (Madame Royale)
OVERVIEW
Type: Original Antique Marriage Contract (Contrat de Mariage)
Date: June 10, 1829 (Royal Assent finalized June 28, 1829)
Period: Bourbon Restoration Era, France
Notary: Maître Alphonse Leroux Jeune, Paris
Medium: Hand-inked manuscript on original watermarked royal stamped paper (Timbre Royal) with an embossed notary seal.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE This remarkable 197-year-old French document connects high-ranking French military nobility with English gentry during the final days of the Bourbon Restoration. Because of the groom's prestigious standing, the notary traveled directly to the royal residence at the Château de Saint-Cloud on June 28, 1829, to obtain the formal approval of the French Royal Family—just one year before King Charles X was overthrown in the July Revolution of 1830.
The final page features the official recorded transcriptions of the signatures of the last Bourbons:
CHARLES – Charles X, the last Bourbon King of France.
LOUIS ANTOINE – The Dauphin of France (eldest son of Charles X).
MARIE THÉRÈSE – The Dauphinesse, daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette (the famous sole survivor of the Temple prison during the French Revolution).
MARIE CAROLINE – The Duchess of Berry, iconic and politically powerful royal figure.
THE PARTIES INVOLVED
The Groom: Pierre Jean François Auguste de Romestin, Battalion Commander (Chef de bataillon) in the Royal Artillery Corps, Knight of the Royal Order of Saint Louis, Knight of the Legion of Honor, and Knight of the Spanish Order of San Fernando.
The Bride: Françoise Ellen Boyle Deane, an Englishwoman residing in Paris, daughter of Henry Boyle Deane, Esq., and Elizabeth Wyborn.
CONDITION REPORT This document is offered in antique, weathered condition. Please review all listing photos carefully to assess the physical state of the paper:
The outer protective leaves, margins, and back pages show significant fraying, heavy edge tears, water staining, and substantial paper loss along the right edges.
The original silk binding ribbons are present but worn and faded.
Crucially, the core internal text block remains fully intact, legible, and sound. The vital pages detailing the property articles, the official royal embossed wax notary seal, and the final page featuring the royal assents are highly legible, crisp, and beautifully preserved on heavy-weight, period rag paper.
size 10" x 13"