19 - ANJOU (Louis d'). A handwritten document drawn up in his name as Lieutenant General of Languedoc, signed by M. de Garigia, a member of his Council, addressed to Ambrosin Bech, treasurer of Carcassonne and Treasurer General of the Royal Finances. Toulouse, August 22, 1377. Narrow oblong folio on parchment, traces of a wax seal, water stains obscuring several words; mounted under glass.

ANJOU (Louis d'). A handwritten document drawn up in his name as Lieutenant General of Languedoc, signed by M. de Garigia, a member of his Council, addressed to Ambrosin Bech, treasurer of Carcassonne and Treasurer General of the Royal Finances. Toulouse, August 22, 1377. Narrow oblong folio on parchment, traces of a wax seal, water stains obscuring several words; mounted under glass. Order to pay a sum to Pierre Du Molin, the king’s sergeant-at-arms, who was commissioned to deliver letters to the judge of Villelonge so that the latter might arrange for carts to be sent to Gascony. THE DUKE OF ANJOU, HEAD OF THE SECOND ANJOU HOUSE OF NAPLES. Son of John II the Good and brother of Charles V, Louis de Valois (1377–1417) was also Duke of Touraine and Count of Maine. Appointed lieutenant general of the province of Languedoc in 1364, he was actively involved in his duties until 1380, notably playing an effective role in military operations against the English in Gascony. Related to the kings of the first House of Anjou of Naples (descended from a brother of Saint Louis), just like Jeanne I, Queen of Naples, Queen of Jerusalem, and Countess of Provence (died 1382), he was adopted by her in 1380 and recognized as such by Pope Clement VII of Avignon. Defeated by a nephew and rival, Jeanne of Naples died in 1382, likely assassinated, and Louis of Anjou arrived that same year to attempt to take possession of the kingdom intended for him, but he, too, died prematurely in 1484 before completing its reconquest.