Jean-Louis de NOGARET De LA VALETTE, Seigneur de Valette et - Lot 29

Jean-Louis de NOGARET De LA VALETTE, Seigneur de Valette et de Caumont, Duc d'Épernon (Château de Caumont/ Gers 1554 - 1642) Military, one of King Henri III's Mignons). Receipt on parchment (12.5 x 30 cm) signed with his name and title: "Jehan Louys de LA VALLETTE, Duc d'Espernon; Pair de France, Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre du Roy, Colonel général de son Infanterie Française" concerning the Voyage of Louise de LORRAINE-VAUDÉMONT, Queen of France and Poland, from 1575 to 1589. He confesses to having received the sum of One Hundred Écus sols "of which His Majesty made us a gift to some gentlemen appointed to our retinue, in consideration of our minor services to reward us for the costs and expenses we made on the last voyage of the REYNE to the Baings (Baths) of Bourbon...". Done in Paris on December 24, 1582.