RICHELIEU, Cardinal | Document signed ("De Richelieu"), as General of the Army, about the conquest of Savoy, 1630

RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL DE

DOCUMENT SIGNED (“LE CARD DE RICHELIEU”), AS GENERAL OF THE ROYAL ARMY IN ITALY,

In French, about the conquest of Savoy during the War of Mantuan Succession, ordering the municipal consuls at Embrun (Haute-Alpes) to provide daily bread and payments for the infantry regiments commanded by Perrault and Le Tour, so that they can proceed to Guillestre and Abriez on the road towards Pinerolo ("Pinerol"), and thence on to Bubbio, south-east of Turin ("...Nous ordonnons aux Consuls de la Ville d’Ambrun de faire fournier le pain et les quatre sols pour soldat, & devant ordonnez au regiment de Perault Le Tour, qu’ils partiront d’Ambrun pour aller a Guillestre…"), 1 page, folio, integral blank, bearing papered seal, countersigned by Richelieu’s secretary Martin, docketed, military camp at Pinerolo (near Turin), 26 April, 1630

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