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LOT 695:
DE CAUMONT ANTOINE NOMPAR: (1632-1723) Duke of Lauzun. French Courtier and Soldier, the only ...
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Sold for: €220
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DE CAUMONT ANTOINE NOMPAR: (1632-1723) Duke of Lauzun. French Courtier and Soldier, the only love interest of 'the greatest heiress in Europe', Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier. D.S., Antonein Nompar de Caumont, duc de Lauzun, one page (vellum), oblong 8vo, n.p., 4th June n.y. (1662?), in French. The manuscript document is a receipt in which the Duke of Lauzun acknowledges a payment of 3750 livres in relation to a rental. Countersigned by two individuals and with an official circular blank ink stamp to the upper edge featuring a coat of arms. Some very minor age wear and light creasing, otherwise VG
Antoine Nompar de Caumont, whose ugliness seems to have exercised a certain fascination over many women, was due to marry the Duchess of Montpensier on 21st December 1670, however just days before her cousin, King Louis XIV, forbade the union.
