Anne of Austria | Document signed concerning payment, September 1646

Anne of Austria

Document signed ("Anne"), as regent for Louis XIV of France 

authorising the keeper of the royal treasury, Etienne-Jehannot de Bartillat, to make a payment of 36,000 livres, on vellum, one membrane (353 x 171mm), Fontainebleau, 20 September 1646, tears, not affecting text

[with:] Engraved portrait of Anne of Austria

This document, signed by the "mère du Roy", Anne, was written when Anne had become regent of France upon the death of Louis XIII in 1643. She continued to act as regent for her son, Louis XIV, until he turned thirteen in 1651.