He addressed a long memoir to the king in 1814 to justify his conduct and concluded:
"The glory and good fortune of France have been and always will be my first task; and your Majesty will always find in me a faithful subject animated by the love of his duties and full of confidence in his enlightened justice."
"Mémoire de M. le Maréchal Davout, prince d'Eckmühl, au roi"
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