BIB_ID
136118
Accession number
MA 1346-235
Creator
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642, sender.
Display Date
France?, 1642
Description
1 item (1 page)
Notes
Date from internal evidence. Letter sent by Richelieu to Madame Bouthillier, née Marie de Bragelongne, around 1642, in view of the marriage of one of her nieces (by marriage), Charlotte Bouthillier (or Le Bouthillier) of Rancé, to Gilbert Antoine d'Albon, Count of Chazeuil. The union was celebrated in 1644.
Provenance
Fairfax Murray Collection of European Autographs.
Summary
Saying he received her letter in support of sieur chevalier de Chazueil [François d'Albon, sieur de Chazeuil], but the matter is a very difficult one; yet he will do all he can to follow her orders.
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