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Articles du contract de mariage de Monseigneur le Daulphin et de la Royne Descosse, contemporary copy : Fontainebleau, 1557 Mar. 18.

Record ID: 
124276
Accession number: 
MA 279.4
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description: 
1 item (4 p.) ; 30.3 cm
Notes: 

Part of a collection of letters and papers related to Mary Stuart; see main record for MA 279 for a description of the collection.
With an additional cover sheet from which the title is taken.

Summary: 

A contemporary copy of the marriage contract between Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Dauphin Francis, Henry II's son. Mary and Francis were married in Paris in April 1558.

Provenance: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson, 1906.
Catalog Link: 
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Department: 
Literary and Historical Manuscripts