209:, who then became Jérôme's mistress on his recommendation. His three beautiful sisters also married well. Claire Adélaïde Le Camus (1789-1874) married the French general and Westphalian war minister Joseph Antoine Morio (1771-1811) and, in her second marriage, the admiral Baron Victor Guy Duperré (1775-1846), with whom she had three children. Rose Claire Antoinette Le Camus (died 1854) married André-François Ocher de Beaupré (born 1776), who became General and in 1839 Inspecteur Général of Algeria, and with whom she had a daughter and a son. The third sister, whose name is not known, married the Director General of the Westphalian posts, Monsieur Pothuau, with whom she had a son, Louis Pierre Alexis Pothuau (Vice Admiral in 1871, Minister of the Navy in 1871-1873 and 1877-1879, Ambassador to London in 1879-1880).
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conferred on his favourite the hereditary great fief of the Diede zum Fürstenstein family with the castle and lordship of Fürstenstein (near
Eschwege) and the lordship of Immichenhain as hereditary manorial fief, as well as an annual pension of 40,000 francs, and raised him to the rank of Count of Fürstenstein. Le Camus was thus the first subject to be raised to the rank of count by Jérôme. Emperor Napoleon was outraged and sent his brother an angry letter on 4 January 1808:
201:"Penetrating was his intellect, but his character ignoble; in spite of all intrigues he remained the favourite of the king, to whom, as Reinhard said, he was indispensable to sleep; he wasted time, did little evil and nothing good, and his own feeling of how little he could accomplish gave him a genteel reserve. Pleasant to be with, agreeable in love affairs, he was the man after Jerome's heart. He was looking for a brilliant match among the nobility of Westphalia."
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arbitrariness. I have more than ten men who saved my life, to whom I only pay 600 francs in pension. I have marshals who have won ten battles, who are covered with wounds and who do not have the reward that you are giving to Mr. Lecamus. It is therefore essential that you reverse this measure... (or else it is necessary) that Mr. Lecamus renounce the character of French citizen...
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by Jérôme at her christening, but was recognised as a Rabe von
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I see that you have the project of giving the title of Fürstenstein and an annuity of 40000 livres to Mr. Lecamus. I know of nothing more insane... What has Mr. Lecamus done? He has done no service to the country; he has done some to your person... Since I reigned, I have not conceived an act of such
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Le Camus, who spoke no German and, to the amusement of those around him and himself, could only pronounce his title as Comte de "Furchentintin", was indisputably the first man in the kingdom after the royal couple and master of the royal trust. Not only did he retain his new title and property, but
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After Jérôme founded the Order of the Crown of
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Le Camus came to Europe with Jérôme in 1805 and remained his closest confidant. When Jérôme was made King of the newly created
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could do nothing, not even fall asleep, without Le Camus, chose the second option and continued to prefer his favourite. On 21 January 1808, he appointed Le Camus a councillor of state. On the same day, at the latter's request, he dismissed the previous
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