HENRI IV Letter signed with seal Marshal de Cossé & Auvergne 1604

  

HENRI IV - Signed letter with seal - Marshal de Cossé & Auvergne - 1604. Letter signed "Henry" to the baron de Florat, Jean de La Queuille, lieutenant general of the province of Auvergne seneschal of Clermont and marshal of the camp, Fontainebleau, May 10, 1604, 1 page folio, address on the back, armored seal under paper; some marginal paper losses with a word affected. Command to his Lieutenant General to assist Marshal de Brissac, Charles de Cossé, on his trip to Auvergne.] My cousin Marshal de Brissac, [Charles de Cossé] going to my country of Auvergne to take the waters that are in that country for his health, I have accompanied him with this note to inform you of his said trip, and to tell you that I would be very pleased if you assisted my cousin in whatever he needs as I am sure that you will do so out of respect for his person and his quality as well as for the command that I give you [...

" Peer of France, made Marshal of France by Henri IV, Governor of Brittany. Knight of the Orders of the King, he commanded the king's army in Brittany and defeated the troops of the Duke of Mercour in 1597.