King of France and Navarre (born 1755) from 1814 until his death in 1824 (save a brief interruption in 1815 while fleeing Napoleon during the Hundred Days). Louis himself claimed that his reign dated from the death of his nephew, the Dauphin Louis XVII, in 1795. LS in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 9.5 x 14.5, December 18, 1821. Letter to the Marquis de Lally Tolendal. In part (loosely translated): “The King has chosen you to be one of the witnesses of the childbirth of the Duchess of Orleans…when the time will be done…please wait from instruction of the Great Master of Ceremony.” Signed at the conclusion by the king and also signed by the future Marshall of France J. A. B. Law de Lauriston, who was Minister of the Royal House at the time. In fine, bright condition, with crisp intersecting folds. RR Auction COA.
