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CATHERINE DE´´´ MEDICI: (1519-1589)

CATHERINE DE´MEDICI: (1519-1589) Queen consort of France 1547-59, as spouse of King Henry II. Catherine de Medici saw during her life time three of her sons becoming Kings of France, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. Very rare D.S., ` Catherine´, one page, vellum, 12 x 7.5 (31cm x 19cm), 25th August 1564, to the Kingdom´s Treasurer, in French. Catherine appoints a room maid and aproves payments and grants a rent to the daughter of the recently passed away room maid to the Queen daughters, stating in part ` La Reine mère du Roi étant à Dollens, en pourvoyant Barbe Chausson en l´état de femme de chambre de ses filles demoiselles au lieu et place de feue Marguerite de Villonar, Sa Majesté lui accordant ladite, a voulu et ordonne, veut et ordonne, que ce soit à la charge que sur les gages que la dite Chausson aura à cause du dit état de femme de chambre, la somme de vingt livres par chacun an qui seront baillés à Diane de la Mare, fille de la dite défunte, à laquelle Sa Majesté en a fait don par manière de pension... veut et ordonne pareillement les dites 20 livres, être payées dorénavant à la dite Diane, à commencer du jour du trépas de sa dite feue mère, par le trésorier et receveur général de ses finances...´ (Translation: " The Queen mother of the King being in Dollens, by providing Barbe Chausson as room maid to her young daughters, in the place of the late Marguerite de Villonar, Her Majesty granting her the said, wanted and orders, wants and orders, whether it is the charge that on the wages that the said Chausson will have because of the said status of chambermaid, the sum of twenty pounds per each year which will be bailed to Diane de la Mare, daughter of the said deceased woman, to whom Her Majesty donated it by way of pension... wants and similarly orders the said 20 pounds to be paid henceforth to the said Diane, starting from the day of the death of her said late mother, by the Treasurer and Receiver general of her finances...") Countersigned at the base. Overall age wear and creasing, otherwise G

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CATHERINE DE´´´ MEDICI: (1519-1589)

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