Description: FRENCH WWI GENERAL NOEL EDOUARD, de CASTLENAU AUTOGRAPH LETTER Autograph letter on his mourning calling card dated 4/27/1916 Measures 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"In very good condition Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (24 December 1851 – 19 March 1944) was a French army general, army group commander and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces during the First World War. Elected deputy in 1919 and president of the Army Commission in the legislature, he then took the head of a confessional political movement, the Fédération Nationale Catholique. During the Second World War, he opposed Marshal Pétain and the Vichy regime and supported the French Resistance. For a long time controversial because of a Catholicism that was considered outrageous by his opponents, historians[1] have moderated that portrait by emphasising his great loyalty to republican institutions and disputed in particular that he could have been reactionary or anti-Semitic.Early lifeThe son of Michel de Castelnau, mayor of Saint-Affrique, Noël Édouard Marie Joseph de Curières de Castelnau was born in Saint-Affrique, into an aristocratic family of the Rouergue. He was the third of five children. His elder brother, Léonce, was a politician of national importance, the president of the parliamentary group of the Action libérale in the National Assembly. His other brother, Clément, was director of the École des mines de Saint-Étienne.Ruined by the French Revolution, his family had to share a house in Saint-Affrique with his mother's three uncles, the Abbés Barthe. They would have liked him to be a notary, but he wanted to be a naval officer. For reasons of age, he had to reorient himself towards the Army and became part of the 54th promotion of Saint-Cyr, Promotion du Rhin (1869-1871), from which he graduated as second lieutenant on 14 August 1870. He was appointed to the 31st Infantry Regiment and took part in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 in the Loire Army. PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME BY WINNING AN ITEM AND NOT PAYING FOR IT!! YOU WILL BE REPORTED TO EBAY AND BLOCKED FROM OUR AUCTIONS!!! ALSO WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY BIDS FROM 0 FEEDBACKS, THEY WILL BE CANCELLED! NO RESERVECELEBRATING 28 YEARS IN BUSINESS!! Terms of Sale: PLEASE READ!!1. Payment is due within 4 days of the close of this auction. We are set automatically on Unpaid Bidder Assistant.2. EBAY COLLECTS THE SALES TAX3. If you have any questions, please ask prior to bidding. 4. All items are guaranteed authentic. COAs issued upon request. (Only for signed items) You can buy with complete confidence.5. Buyer pays for shipping. (combine shipping for multiple items) PLEASE NOTE IF BIDDING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. - WE ONLY SHIP THROUGH EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SO PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS!!Thanks for looking and Good Luck bidding!The Inkwell Autograph Gallery
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Signed by: Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau
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