BIB_ID
108652
Accession number
MA 1
Display Date
1630 Feb. 25.
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1909.
Description
1 item (8 p.), bound; 34.5 cm.
Notes
Contract signed at the Chateau du Louvre.
Signatures to the contract include Anne of Austria, queen of France; Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmarency,Princesse de Condé; La Meilleraye, Captain of the Queen's guards, Marechal de Camp; Louise of Lorraine, Countess of Eu; Marie de Médicis, Queen-consort of Henry IV; Anne of Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville.
Signatures to the contract include Anne of Austria, queen of France; Charlotte-Marguerite de Montmarency,Princesse de Condé; La Meilleraye, Captain of the Queen's guards, Marechal de Camp; Louise of Lorraine, Countess of Eu; Marie de Médicis, Queen-consort of Henry IV; Anne of Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville.
Provenance
Gift of J.P. Morgan Jr. to his father, Pierpont Morgan, for Christmas in 1909.
Summary
Marriage contract between Charles de la Porte, duc de la Meilleraye and Marie Ruse (d'Effiat); detailing the current and future provisions of the 200,000 livres dowry provided by the parents of Marie Ruse.
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