Guide to the Santerre Collection Of Charles X,
1535-1855

Count of Artois; King of France 1824-1830.

Business correspondence, accounts, statements, receipts, vouchers, deeds, transcripts of transactions, and notes, mainly written or collected by the personal or family treasurers of the Comte d'Artois (including his reign as King Charles X) and of his grandson, the count of Chambord and duke of Bordeaux. The collection documents the management of the Comte d'Artois's personal and household finances from 1773 until his permanent exile following the July Revolution of 1830, with documents concerning some family estates extending back to 1535. It also documents the management of the Comte de Chambord's personal and household finances through 1855. Most items are from the pre-Revolutionary period (1773-1789), the Restoration (1814-1830), or items concerning the Comte de Chambord (from 1828-1855), including expenses for his education and begging letters received by him or his tutors. Materials from Restoration period include a complete set of annual accounts of the Comte d'Artois's household from 1815-1830.

Treasurers of the Comte d'Artois or of his family were: Barthélémy Pierre Droüet de Santerre, Anselme Barthélémy Droüet de Santerre, and Henri Louis de Belleville. Correspondents include them and Baron Ange-Hyacinthe Maxence de Damas (tutor of the Comte de Chambord), Abbé Tharin (Chambord's preceptor), and the Marquis Amédée-David de Pastoret (administrator of Chambord's possessions after 1840).