HENRI IV. Letter signed "Henry" to his sister... - Lot 3 - Osenat

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HENRI IV. Letter signed "Henry" to his sister... - Lot 3 - Osenat
HENRI IV. Letter signed "Henry" to his sister Catherine de Bourbon then regent of the kingdom of Bearn. Aubervilliers, June 30, 1590. 2/3 p. in-folio, address on back ("Madame la princesse de Navarre"); marginal traces of tab. "My sister, the children of the late sr. de Caza, counselor in my Council of Pau, have made me understand that they have some business before you for the damage they pretend to have suffered because of the sum of one thousand livres that their late father had paid because of the status of judge-mage of my county of Bigorre, of which I will have since made a gift to Gallosse, occasion of which the said de Caza did not enjoy it at all, as you will be more fully informed by the sr. de Boeilh [Jean de Boeil], counselor in my Council of Pau. And for what in consideration of the faithful services of the father, I wish to gratify the children in all that it will be possible for me, I have kindly sent you this note to pry you to have them recommended & to make sure that they have occasion for contentment in that it gives them occasion to continue more and more the affection which they have for my service. And since this is for no other purpose, I will pray to God to have you, my sister, in his holy and worthy care..." Arnaud de Caza, a Protestant, had been replaced under Charles IX without compensation by a Catholic, Gaillard de Galosse. UNIQUE SISTER OF HENRI IV, Catherine de Bourbon (1558-1604) was the daughter of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret. Educated as a humanist and Calvinist, she was fond of poetry, music, painting and dance. Appointed regent of her brother's sovereign lands, notably in Béarn and Navarre (1577, 1582, 1583-1587, 1588-1592), she then lived at the French Court (1593-1598), before being, for reasons of state, given in marriage in 1599 to the very Catholic Duke of Bar, Henri de Lorraine, crown prince of the duchy of Lorraine. The pope refused his dispensation and excommunicated the duke, but, in spite of the objurgations of this one and of Henri IV, Catherine of Bourbon absolutely refused to abjure her faith.
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