Influential Italian noblewoman (1519-1589) who was queen consort of France from 1547 to 1559 and the mother of three French kings: Francis II, Charles IX, and Henry III. Vellum manuscript DS in French, signed “Catherine,” one page, 19 x 9.75, May 30, 1561. Warrant to the superintendent of finances, directing him to pay Laurent Lefebvre the sum of 2,500 livres tournois out of pity and charity so that he may care for himself, in recognition of the services he once rendered as treasurer and paymaster of the domestic officers of the household. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, heavy overall wrinkling, some scattered stains, a few small edge tears and losses, and a long slit to the lower right.
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