KING LOUIS XIV COURT NOBILITY AUTOGRAPHS - King’s Barber Marriage Contract 1663

Description

An incredible rarity from the Age of the Sun King:
24 pages marriage contract of King Louis XIV barber and valet Rene LeBlanc.
This document provides a historic g
limpse into the life of the Royal Court,
possessing
a multitude of autographs, including of the King Louis XIV himself.
The great French monarchs on occasion signed as witnesses on marriage contracts for people close to them. This was a great honor and usually symbolic of your importance to the King. Along with newlyweds Rene Leblanc and Elizabeth Lefebvre autographs, certificate contains the signatures of almost the entire Royal Court including many celebrities. Manuscript was signed in the monarch's
residence
in Paris an
d confirmed by
Francois Ogier and Pierre Gary
the notary guardians of the King. The title page brief transcription will be provided to the
respectful
item buyer.
Size: 12" x 8"
24 Pages
Autographs on page 9:
Louis XIV -
Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), King of France & Navarre from 14 May 1643 until his death September 1, 1715
Maria De Bourbon -
Countess of Soissons, wife of Thomas François de Savoy, Prince of Carignano. Daughter of Charles de Bourbon Count of Soissons
Eugene Maurice de Savoy -
Count of Soissons, Son of Maria de Bourbon Countess of Soissons, husband of Olympia Mancini de Savoy
Olympia Mancini de Savoy -
Countess of Soissons, royal mistress of Louis XIV, wife of Prince Eugène-Maurice de Savoy
Louise de Savoy -
Savoyard Princess by birth, the mother of Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden, the famous chief commander of the Imperial army
Bénigne de Meaux -
Mademoiselle du Fouilloux, the most sought-after person among the maids of honor of Queen Anne of Austria the King’s mother
Paul d’Escoubleau -
Marquis de Sourdis & d'Alluyis, Lieutenant General, governor of Orléans, of Bordeaux. Husband of Bénigne de Meaux
Ambroise François -
Duc de Bournonville - French nobleman and military, Peer of France and Governor of Paris, Husband of Lucrèce Françoise de la Vieuville
Lucrèce Françoise de la Vieuville -
Duchess of Vieuville, Daughter of Charles I de La Vieuville (Superintendent of Finances) & Marie Bouchier de Beaumarchais
Baltazar Phélypeaux de Châteauneuf -
Marquis de Châteauneuf & de Tanlay, Count of Saint Florentin, Lord of La Vrillière, the Registrar of the King's Orders
Autographs on page 10:
Jean Dubouyis -
Nobleman, Squire, Sieur de Lestourmière & du Poirier, Servant of His Majesty, Valet de Chambre to Louis XIII and then to Louis XIV
Marguaritte de Garnier -
Wife of Jean Dubouyis, Aunt of the Elizabeth De LeFebvre
LeBlanc René -
Valet, barber to the king around 1663; in title until his resignation in favor of Francois Quentin de La Vienne in 1670, Husband of Elisabeth Le Febvre
Lefebvre Elizabeth -
Daughter of the deceased and Nobleman, Antoine Lefebvre adviser to the Roy and bailiff of Nogent, Wife of Rene LeBlanc
Jeanne Garnier -
Daughter of Noble André Garnier, Adviser & Butler Ordinary to the king, Colonel General of the Guides of His Majesty & of His Camps & Armies
Jacques Boudin -
Usher of the antechamber of Queen Marie Thérèse and of the Cabinet of the Princess
Gourville Jean Herault de -
First valet to Abbé Louis de La Rochefoucauld, then Prince of Marcillac, agent of La Fronde, he played an active role & memorialist
Marie Anne Rabiet
Armand Jean Rabiet
Claude Rabiet
Ogier, Francis II -
The notary guardian of the Roy, was a notary in Paris to January 25, 1681
Piere Gary -
The notary guardian of the Roy, was a notary in Paris from 1651 to 1679
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