CHRESTIENNE DE FRANCE (1606-1663) duchess of SAVOIE; daughte - Lot 201

CHRESTIENNE DE FRANCE (1606-1663) duchess of SAVOIE; daughter of Henri IV, she married Victor-Amédée I, duke of Savoy, and became Regent on her husband's death. 4 L.S. with autograph compliments (one with 5 autograph lines), Coni and Fossano 1642-1644, to the Marquise Villa; 6pages and a half in-fol.; in French. Coni September 25-29 and October 8, 1642. Concerning her sick daughter Louise, to whom she sends her doctor, and the valuation of the jewels she has given her. She asks the Marquise to preach to her daughter about the gifts she receives from her husband, which she should estimate and "keep carefully, so that he may know how much she cherishes everything that comes from him & that he may have occasion to love her more, for if she were to use them otherwise, he would have reason to remain dissatisfied, which could only produce bad effects"... [Princess Louise (13) married her uncle Prince Maurice of Savoy (49) on September 29, 1642, to seal Chrestienne's reconciliation with her brothers-in-law.] Fossano April 4, 1644, regarding a judgment concerning Count Mazin.