ALENÇON (François, Duke of). - Lot 98

ALENÇON (François, Duke of). 1555–1584. Duke of Anjou, youngest son of Henry II and Catherine de’ Medici, brother of three kings of France (Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III), sought the hand of Elizabeth of England. P.S. At the camp before Issoire, May 14, 1577. Oblong vellum, seal bearing the coat of arms under the paper. Decree “from His Highness, Prince of France, the King’s only brother” addressed to “our beloved and faithful Count of SAINT-AIGNAN, Knight of the King’s Order, captain of a hundred men-at-arms under His Majesty’s orders, our ordinary chamberlain and superintendent of our House (…)”; Considering the good and commendable service rendered by our beloved and faithful Imbert de Bourrelon, Lord of Meuret, has rendered in his campaigns, we have retained him and continue to retain him in the office of one of our ordinary chamberlains in the place of the late Lord of Chasteaubaudeau, the last holder of that office.” Former Morssen Collection