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Letter from Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, to Charles IX of France, 4 February 1563 : autograph manuscript.

BIB_ID
458028
Accession number
MA 23950
Creator
Biron, Armand de Gontaut, baron de, 1524-1592, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1972.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 32.9 x 22.6 cm
Provenance
Purchased in 1972.
Summary
From Armand de Gontaut, Duc de Biron, to Charles IX, King of France, saying that he has gone to Provence to carry out the Edit de Pacification et de Majorite, but there is a great deal of disorder there, and he is doing his best to make the population obey the king's order; the king's commissioners responsible for carrying out the edict have not arrived, and Biron has sent troops to maintain order.