Souvenirs of Elisabeth du Roux, Countess de La Rochefoucauld (1815 - 1875). BAVIERE. Order of Theresa of Bavaria. Grand Cordon. Cross embellished with crown and monogram in gold, enamel and brilliants; Scarf. Presented framed under glass, handwritten on the back "Grand cordon de l'ordre royal de Thérèse de Bavière, conféré au mois de Janvier 1842, à Elisabeth du Roux Comtesse de La Rochefoucauld, femme du Ministre de France à Darmstadt, par Louis Ier Roi de Bavière, par Thérèse de Saxe Altenbourg, Reine de Bavière". Gross weight: 821 g Note: The Order of Thérèse is a Bavarian order of nobility for women, founded in 1827 by Thérèse Charlotte, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen, then Queen of Bavaria by marriage, to reward young, noble, Christian and unmarried women. The order was abolished with the fall of the monarchy in 1918. Provenance: Château de Verteuil, former property of the La Rochefoucauld family. Appraised by Mr. Gaëtan BRUNEL.