BEARN - HENRI IV (1553-1610, King of France from 1589 to 161 - Lot 249

BEARN - HENRI IV (1553-1610, King of France from 1589 to 1610) / Parchment (51 x 30 cm, the document has been folded at the time, soiling and traces of age) signed "Henry" in the King's hand (signature a little pale), given in Paris on January 5, 1607, countersigned by Antoine de Loménie (1560-1638, Secretary of State in charge of the King's Household): Henri IV grants and delivers the right of freehold over a mill and its outbuildings belonging to Pierre de Biron, Baron d'Arros, Seigneur d'Avescat (These estates are located in Béarn, Pierre de Gontaut-Biron, who was a page to Henri IV, was Captain of a Company of Gens d'Armes, he had married Elisabeth, the only daughter of Bernard Baron d'Arros, who was appointed by Jeanne d'Albret Viceroy of Navarre and Governor of Béarn - he came from a family very close to Henri IV, since his father Armand de Gontaut-Biron was Chamberlain to the King of Navarre).