Lambert (Count of)
Original title: Lambert (Conde de)
Count Alexandre Carlos de Lambert, a Russian general who retired to Madeira after a fatal duel-by-lot in Poland and lived at the Quinta das Angústias.
General Count Alexandre Carlos de Lambert, aide-de-camp to the Empress of Russia, spent some time in Madeira, having acquired as his residence the Quinta das Angústias (‘sorrows’), on Rua da Imperatriz Dona Amélia (‘Empress Amélia street’).
It is said that in Poland the Count of Lambert had a serious quarrel with a Russian general, whose name we do not know. The two eventually agreed that whichever of them the lot fell upon should kill himself by taking a poisonous draught. The lot went against the general, who at once carried out what he had so rashly bound himself to do. Shortly afterwards the count withdrew to Madeira, deeply distressed by the outcome of the quarrel in which he had become involved.
The Count of Lambert, who was born around 1816, was in Madeira in 1863; he visited Lisbon and London that year but returned to Madeira in September. He died around 1866.
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Abroad
- Lisbon
Portugal. Visited in 1863.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- London
United Kingdom. Visited in 1863.
The British capital, the place of publication of many English works on Madeira, including those of the du Canes, Embleton and Bloxam. Mason compared its humidity with Funchal's, and artillery for the Fortress of São Tiago came from there. It hosted the 1909 applied chemistry congress.
- Poland
Where his fatal conflict took place.
Poland is a European country. The Elucidário records it as the homeland of André Gonçalves de França and as the place of the Count of Lambert's fatal conflict.
- Quinta das Angústias
Funchal. Estate the count bought as his residence.
Quinta das Angústias is an estate in Funchal where the Empress D. Amélia and the Duke of Leuchtenberg resided during their stays. The Conde de Lambert later bought it as his residence, and the Mirante de D. Guiomar belvedere stands on it.
People
People mentioned · 01- Alexandre Carlos de Lambert1816–1866
Russian general and aide-de-camp to the Empress of Russia who lived at the Quinta das Angústias in Funchal in the 1860s.