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450 - CHARLES THE BOLD (1433–1477), Duke of Burgundy.
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Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
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CHARLES THE BOLD (1433–1477), Duke of Burgundy. L.S. ‘Charles’, from the camp at Les Nancy, 28 November 1475, to his cousin Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan; countersigned by Coulon; 1 page in-4, address on the reverse, trace of a red wax seal (stains in the margin of the address). During the siege of Nancy, concerning his ambassador to the Pope. [Charles the Bold had been besieging Nancy since 24 October; the town surrendered on 30 November, two days after this letter was written.] Charles warmly commends himself to his most dear ‘brother and cousin’ regarding matters concerning ‘our man with our Holy Father’, his adviser and orator Augustine, Abbot of Saint-Claude, ‘because he is finding it difficult to pass through your territories, and indeed to come to you himself, as we had instructed him to do, to inform you of and explain our said affairs; and this is due to a little ill will you may have harboured towards him, which grieves him greatly. We most earnestly beseech and request you […] that […] by receiving our said counsellor into your good graces—who will serve you and all your subjects with all his heart and strength, and also for our sake— that you allow him to pass safely and securely to and fro through your lands and dominions, and that, when he comes before you, you receive and hear him kindly, giving to all that he tells and sets forth on our behalf the same faith and trust as you would give to us yourselves. And by acting upon all that he may request of you concerning our honour and benefit’…
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About the sale Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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