GRAND DAUPHIN (Louis de Bourbon, dit le). Autograph letter s - Lot 13

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GRAND DAUPHIN (Louis de Bourbon, dit le). Autograph letter s - Lot 13
GRAND DAUPHIN (Louis de Bourbon, dit le). Autograph letter signed "Louis" to his half-brother the Comte de Toulouse. Château de Marly, June 24, 1695. 2 pp. 1/3 in-12; autograph envelope ("À mon frère et cousin Monsieur le conte de Toulouse"), with red wax seal. "I am replying with this one to your two letters, as I am very lazy to write when I am not in that train. There is no news to send you from this country. We expect some from you, I hope they will be good. IF THE ENEMIES WANT TO UNDERTAKE SOMETHING, THEY HAVE AT LEAST GIVEN YOU TIME TO ACOMODE AND PREPARE YOURSELF TO RECEIVE THEM WELL. Give my compliments to the duc du Maine, to Mr le ma[récha]l de Villeroy, to Mr le prince de Conty, give them also to Mr le duc on the acouchement of mad[am]e la duchesse and luy distes que je suis bien fasché qu'il n'ait qu'une fille [la veille, Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, legitimate daughter of Louis XIV and wife of Duke Louis de Bourbon and future Prince de Condé, had given birth to a daughter, Louise-Anne, known as Mademoiselle de Charolais]. For lack of material, I'll end by assuring you that I'm all yours...". THE COUNT OF TOULOUSE AT THE SIEGE OF NAMUR. At the age of seventeen, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse, was the legitimate son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. He was serving in the army commanded by his brother the Duc du Maine and Marshal de Villeroy, engaged in operations to lift the siege of Namur, where Marshal de Boufflers was defending himself against the coalised forces. Despite the bombardment of Brussels and a military engagement in August, de Boufflers was forced to surrender in early September. "SON OF A KING, FATHER OF A KING, AND NEVER KING" (SAINT-SIMON). The eldest child of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria, the "Grand Dauphin" was trained to reign, receiving a meticulous education (notably from Bossuet), and also developing a pronounced taste for the arts. He died prematurely of smallpox, before his father, but one of his sons ascended the Spanish throne, and Louis XV was one of his grandsons.
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