[6][7] In his obituary, the Marquise de Fontenoy wrote:[1] "The late Prince Stanislas was in may respects an unlucky man; that is to say, he missed several great opportunities.

Not only had the prince just arrived tired but by a hurried journey from Florence on the morning of the review, but he likewise experienced extraordinary difficulty in getting into the high patent leather boots which formed part and parcel of his uniform as equerry.

Raimbaud had just time to get into his uniform and to take his place on Poniatowski's charger alongside of the imperial equipage when the latter, containing the emperors of Russia and of France, the czarowitz, afterwards Alexander III, and his brother, the Grand Duke Vladimir, started from the Tuileries for the review.

On the return to the city from Longchamps after the great military pageant was over the attempt of Berezowski on the life of the czar took place in the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.

Of course, Raimbaud was overwhelmed with gratitude by the czar and by Napoleon III, who created him a count, while orders of knighthood were showered upon him by every monarch in Europe.