Charles II, Duc de Savoie - Lettre signée au seigneur de Longecombe - 1530

Letter signed by Charles II of Savoy, Duke of Savoy and Prince of Piedmont. The letter was sent from Chambéry on November 22 without a year. The document is written in brown ink on a sheet of watermark laid paper. It bears on the verso the handwritten address intended for the recipient, as well as the brown trace of an old wax seal, torn away when the missive was originally opened. In this letter, the Duke of Savoy addresses his “very dear and well-beloved faithful counselor and chamberlain,” the lord of Longecombe, and mentions state affairs and transmits official instructions. - Dimensions: 19.8 x 21.9 cm - Condition: Good overall for a document of this period. Presence of foxing, period postal creases, and traces of stains on the back. See photos for more details - Number of pages: 1 page - Charles III (often called Charles II), nicknamed “the Good,” born October 10, 1486 in Chazey-sur-Ain and died August 17, 1553 in Vercelli, was Duke of Savoy and Prince of Piedmont from 1504 to 1553. Wikipedia Carefully packed in a rigid and watertight carton.

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