Signed by Louis XIV
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Author: Louis XIV
Title: Letter from King Louis XIV of France to captain of the Rouvroy cavalry regiment
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Date Published: 1678
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Author: Louis XIV
Title: Letter from King Louis XIV of France to captain of the Rouvroy cavalry regiment
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Date Published: 1678
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10 lines on a single sheet, manuscript on parchment, in a secretarial hand. 14.5x50 cm (19¾x5¾"), folded in half, tipped onto display sheet.
Signed "Louis" as king. Addressed to the Count of La Groye, (possibly Louis d'Aloigny or his son Louis Gabriel), captain of the cavalry regiment at Rouvroy. In French, untranslated. Written in the final months of the Franco-Dutch war to a military regiment near the front lines.
One of the most powerful and longest-reigning monarchs, Louis XIV of France was known as the "Sun King." His reign saw the centralization of the French state, the expansion and French culture and language throughout Europe, and the building of the Palace of Versailles.
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Light soiling, previous folds; very good.
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Signed by Louis XIV
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