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CHARLES VI, King of France (1368-1422). Letter signed (‘Charles’) to an unidentified royal recipient (‘Tres cher & t[re]same Cousin’), Troyes, 20 August n.y. [?1420]
In French, one vellum membrane, 327 x 156mm, seal slits and remains of seal on verso, (pinprick holes).
Charles VI, King of France – known alternately as ‘the Beloved’ and ‘the Mad’ – sends from Troyes two envoys, Guillaume Digin and Master Jean Tervant, on a mission relating directly to ‘the preservation and defence of our Kingdom and seigniory’: ‘pour vous dire et exposer de par nous certaines choses touchans les affaires et estat de n[ost]re Royaulme et la conservacion & deffence de n[ost]re Royaume et seignourie, Nous envoyons p[rese]ntement par dev[an]t vous nos amez & feaulx Guillaume Digin ch[eva]l[ie]r & maistre Jehan tervant noz conseill[e]rs porteurs de cestes. Si vous prions que a eulx veuillez plaine foy & creance adrouscer (?) com[m]e a nous mesmes en tout ce quilz vous diront de n[ost]re part pour ceste fois. En nous signifiant vos affaires & besoingn pour les faire accomplir de t[re]sbon cuer ensemble de voz nouvelles & nous prendrons grant consolacion’.
On 21 May 1420, Charles the Mad and Henry V of England signed the Treaty of Troyes, by which Charles ceded the inheritance of the French throne to the English crown, disinheriting his son, the Dauphin Charles: the treaty, upon which Charles VI was to later renege, represented another of the attempts by the English monarchy to claim the French throne that defined the Hundred Years’ War. According to ABPC, this is only the second document signed by Charles VI to come to international auction.
In French, one vellum membrane, 327 x 156mm, seal slits and remains of seal on verso, (pinprick holes).
Charles VI, King of France – known alternately as ‘the Beloved’ and ‘the Mad’ – sends from Troyes two envoys, Guillaume Digin and Master Jean Tervant, on a mission relating directly to ‘the preservation and defence of our Kingdom and seigniory’: ‘pour vous dire et exposer de par nous certaines choses touchans les affaires et estat de n[ost]re Royaulme et la conservacion & deffence de n[ost]re Royaume et seignourie, Nous envoyons p[rese]ntement par dev[an]t vous nos amez & feaulx Guillaume Digin ch[eva]l[ie]r & maistre Jehan tervant noz conseill[e]rs porteurs de cestes. Si vous prions que a eulx veuillez plaine foy & creance adrouscer (?) com[m]e a nous mesmes en tout ce quilz vous diront de n[ost]re part pour ceste fois. En nous signifiant vos affaires & besoingn pour les faire accomplir de t[re]sbon cuer ensemble de voz nouvelles & nous prendrons grant consolacion’.
On 21 May 1420, Charles the Mad and Henry V of England signed the Treaty of Troyes, by which Charles ceded the inheritance of the French throne to the English crown, disinheriting his son, the Dauphin Charles: the treaty, upon which Charles VI was to later renege, represented another of the attempts by the English monarchy to claim the French throne that defined the Hundred Years’ War. According to ABPC, this is only the second document signed by Charles VI to come to international auction.
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