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HISTORY - VILLARS Claude-Louis-Hector de (1653 - 1734) - Letter signed

HISTORY - VILLARS Claude-Louis-Hector de (1653 - 1734) - Letter signed

Lot 79 · The Langer Collection · 29 April 2024
Born into a newly ennobled family, he didn't begin his military career until the age of 50, during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was made Marshal of France in 1702. He was one of the most brilliant generals under Louis XIV. Letter signed, dated Versailles, 11.03.1715 : Il demande un passeport pour M. de Ratky, colonel d'un régiment de houzards hongrois, qui désire aller voir sa sœur âgée, en Hongrie. "… a une sœur en Hongrie qui est agée et qui le demande avec empressement…". 2 pp. In-8.