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LOUIS XIV: (1638-1715) King of France 1643-1715. L.S., Louis, one page, 8vo, [Chateau de] Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 14th July 1671, to 'Ma soeur', in French. The King writes shortly following the death of his son, the Duke of Anjou, in full, 'J'ai perdu mon fils le duc d'Anjou et comme c'est un soulagement destre plaint dans les afflictions je vous fais scavoir la mienne masseurant que vous compatires de ma juste douleur autant que vous y trouvez lamitie avec laquelle j'ai toujours pris part a ce qui vous touche. Cependant je prie pour qu'il vous ait ma soeur en sa sainte et digne garde' (Translation: 'I have lost my son the Duke of Anjou and as it is a relief to be pitied in afflictions, I let you know mine, assuring me that you will sympathise with my just pain as much as you find in it the friendship with which I have always shared in what touches you. However, I pray that he has you, my sister, in his holy and worthy keeping'). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Philippe-Charles, Duke of Anjou (1668-1671) Fils de France, the fifth child and second son of King Louis XIV of France and Maria Theresa of Spain. Philippe-Charles died of a chest infection at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10th July 1671 and was buried two days later at the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
