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Diploma of Nobility on Parchment. LOUIS XIV. Diploma of Nobility for Jean Jouenne, Lord of la Boëtrie.

Parchment folio approx. 37x65 cm, plica 12 cm; type size approx. 20x51 cm, with secretary's signature and countersignature. With Jouenne family's coat of arms painted in gold and colors (approx. 8x8.5 cm). With damaged wax seal. Slightly creased, dust on outside, coat of arms partly peeling paint. French certificate containing the diploma of nobility for Jean Jouenne, lord of la Boëtrie. On the note, Plica of August 1656. Louis XIV had all official documents signed by his 'Secretaires de la main'. The 'Secretaires de la main' imitated the king's handwriting and signature on the documents he copied.Jean V Jouenne (1597 - 1677), lord of La Boëtrie, La Dronière, Lugerie, Tournelles, La Monnerie and du Moulin, master of the Eaux-&-Forêts de la vicomté de Falaise was a bourgeois by extraction and made noble by means of this diploma with the approval of Louis XIV. He kept the noble certificate until 1667, only to have it conferred on him again in 1670 and his family in 1698.

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Diploma of Nobility on Parchment. LOUIS XIV. Diploma of Nobility for Jean Jouenne, Lord of la Boëtrie.

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Starting price 600 EUR

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