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[Claude de Lorraine, 1st Duke of GUISE (1496–1550)].
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474
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[Claude de Lorraine, 1st Duke of GUISE (1496–1550)].
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[Claude de Lorraine, 1st Duke of GUISE (1496–1550)]. A letter addressed to him by the jurist Aisnot, Melun, 7 June [c. 1545]; 3 folio pages, addressed ‘To His Lordship’.
A long and curious letter relating in part to a legal case between Madame de Longueville (née Marie de Lorraine) and the Duchess of Nemours. The Duchess is staying at the Château de Fontainebleau with her son. The King (François I) ‘was very pleased to see this young prince and told him that he resembled his uncle, Duke Claude […] the following day, which was last Thursday, he had one of the four quarters of the crown conveyed to him in the presence of the King of Navarre, Monsieur de Saint-Pol and the Prince of Nerffe […] I spoke of this matter to His Lordship the Count of Aumalle, your son [François, future Duke of Guise] in the presence of Monsieur de Sainte-Croix, who was at the said Fontainebleau expecting to find you there, and I found the said Count in a most favourable frame of mind to discuss this matter wherever necessary’… Etc.
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About the sale
Letters and Autograph Manuscripts – Part II
Auction location
Auction time
10/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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