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LOUIS XIII (1601-1643) Roi de France et de Navarre.
L.A.S. to "Mon cousin le Maréchal de Brezé" [Urbain de Maillé, first marquis de Brézé, marshal of France], Chantilly, 23 September 1638. 1 p. small in-4. Armorial red wax seal, white silk lakes. He announces the birth of Louis XIV. In this touching letter the king lets the joy of being finally a father come through. He answers "My cousin, the letter that you wrote to me about the birth of my son the Dauphin confirms me in the opinion that I have always had that you take part in the happiness that marivoient this one is such that I cannot express it to you [...]".
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LOUIS XIII (1601-1643) Roi de France et de Navarre.
