Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3101
Historical Documents
1767 (23 May) printed sheet with red was seal, a "Congé de Réforme" for a soldier in the regiment of "Ral des Vaisseaux" and signed by the commandant of the regiment, "Montesquiou" and others; folding creases. Good. Photo
Anne-Pierre, marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac (1739 – 1798) was a French general and writer.
He was born in Paris, of an ancient family of Armagnac. He was brought up with the children of the king of France, and showed some taste for letters. He entered the army in 1754, was successively colonel of the Grenadiers and the Royal-Vaissaux regiment, and in 1780 was made maréchal-de-camp. Some pieces of verse and several comedies gained him admission to the Académie Française in 1784. He was elected deputy to the Estates-General of 1789 by the nobles of Paris, and, animated by Liberal ideas, he soon joined the Third Estate, and seconded Necker's financial schemes.
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Estimate
£150 to £200