Louis de Séverac duc d'ARPAJON. 1601-1679. Lieutenant-genera - Lot 170

Louis de Séverac duc d'ARPAJON. 1601-1679. Lieutenant-general to Louis XIII, peacemaker of Guienne, defender of Malta against the Turks in 1645, ambassador to Poland, friend of Mme de Sévigné 2 L.A.S. Bézi ers, January 1, 1644 & Oldenburg, January 27, 1649. 1 and 2 pp. bi-feuillet in-4, addressed on verso with 2 small armorial wax seals 1644, to M. de Bouthilliers: Ma charge m'obligeant d'arester icy, je suis prié d'aller à la Cour et par ainsi de vous suplier de vive voix de me accorder la faveur que de me donner ma pantion de l'ordre (...). 1649, to M. d'Hauterives: the duke informs him that, pressed by Court orders to go to Poland (where Casimir V has just been proclaimed king), he is unable to speak to him in person; the baron d'Entraigues will give him the present. ATTACHED a military certificate from the Marquis d'Arpajon granting leave for the Invalides to a soldier wounded at the battle of Steinkerque (June 1699, 1 pp. in-8 oblong, red wax armorial seal).