Charles de BOURBON. 1490-1527. Constable of France, viceroy - Lot 96

Charles de BOURBON. 1490-1527. Constable of France, viceroy of Milan; he allied himself with Charles V against the French and was killed at the siege of Rome. L.S. with aut. compliment to the Count of Geneva. Milan, July 27. 1 p. in-4, address on verso with seal under arms paper. The Constable of Bourbon asks the Count of Geneva (Philippe duc de Savoie-Nemours) to allow the servants bringing him the dogues presented to him by the King of England to pass through his lands. "Mon bon cousin, il a pleu au Roy d'Angleterre me voullant faire présent de certeins (...) dogues (...)" qui doivent passer "sur le pays de monseigneur mon cousin votre frère et les vostres (...). He asks him to give orders to allow the "dogues and his company" to pass through, and to guide them "along the paths that seem most suitable to you".