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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 117

Documents
France
King Henry IV
1584 (11 July) document on vellum, "Henry by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre"; signed "Henry" with two additional signatures on the reverse. The ink has faded a little, there are a few vertical creases as usual and some small oil stains, but fresh and in a good state of preservation. Photo

Henry IV (1553 – 1610), also known by the epithet "Good King Henry", was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.

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