98 - CHARLES IX. Letters Patent of the King, granting authority to His Grace the Duke of Anjou, his brother and His Majesty’s Lieutenant General, over all his countries, lands, and seigneuries under his jurisdiction.

CHARLES IX. Letters Patent of the King, granting authority to His Grace the Duke of Anjou, his brother and His Majesty’s Lieutenant General, over all his countries, lands, and seigneuries under his jurisdiction. A fine Lyon edition of the letters patent dated November 12, 1567, by which King Charles IX appoints his younger brother Henri, Duke of Anjou (the future King Henri III), to the rank of Lieutenant General of the Kingdom. Lyon, Michel Jove, 1667. In-12 booklet, white cover with the title handwritten in black. 15 pages (unpaginated), printer’s mark on the title page, banner, and initial. Map of Paraguay on the back cover. Cover slightly soiled, one loose double leaf. A Lyon edition of these letters patent issued in Paris on November 12, 1567, registered with the Parliament of Paris on November 17, 1567, and signed by the clerk Jean Du Tillet. They date from the height of the Second War of Religion (1567–1568). In the aftermath of the surprise attack on Meaux and the Battle of Saint-Denis (November 10, 1567), during which Constable Anne de Montmorency was mortally wounded, the young King Charles IX appointed his younger brother, Henri, Duke of Anjou (the future King Henri III), then only 16 years old, Lieutenant General of the Kingdom, thereby entrusting him with the highest military and political powers. In excellent condition.