Description: "KING LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE Letter Assignment for Breuil in the Regiment of Saint-Vallier" Countersigned by Michel le Tellier, the Secretary of State for Military and War in Paris on March 28, 1668Size: 14" x 9.4" (37 cm x 24 cm), Signed and WatermarkedThis document is a historical record involving signed letter from King Louis XIV of France and Michel Le Tellier, the Secretary of State for War to the Captain of the regiment of Saint-Vallier in command of the company where du Breuil was assigned. It is related to the assignment of a position (referred to as a "charge d'insigne") within the regiment of Saint-Vallier where du Breuil was assigned. This regiment later became known as the regiment of Artois, the 48th infantry regiment during the French Revolution. Michel (IV) Le Tellier, Marquis de Barbezieux, Lord of Chaville, Étang and Viroflay, is a French statesman, Chancellor of France in 1677, born April 19, 1603 in Paris and died October 30, 1685 in the same town.The Artois regiment is an infantry regiment of the Kingdom of France, created in 1610 under the name of the Beaumont regiment, which became the 48th line infantry regiment during the Revolution. Creation and different names • April 24, 1610: creation of the Beaumont regiment• November 15, 1628: renamed Chastellier-Barlot regiment• July 3, 1634: renamed Bellenave regiment• November 1638: renamed Villandry regiment• February 4, 1645: renamed Navailles regiment• 1652: renamed Herbouville regiment• 1666: renamed Saint-Vallier regiment• 1671: renamed Châteauneuf regiment• 1673: renamed Artois regiment, in the name of this province • January 1, 1791: becomes the 48th line infantry regimentKing Louis XIV of France (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), authentic, autographed manuscript document dated April 26, 1694. King Louis XIV was well known as King Louis the Great or the Sun King. He ruled as King from 1643 until his death - a tenure of over 72 years and the longest of monarchs in major countries in European history. After the death of his Chief Minister, Cardinal Mazarin, Louis began his own personal rule of France. A champion of the system of absolute monarchical rule, much of his success was brought upon by eliminating the remnants of feudalism and by inviting several members of the nobility to live at the Palace of Versailles, for which King Louis had moved his family and the court of government to in 1682. The Royal Families of France remained at Versailles until the outbreak of the French Revolution in October of 1789. During Louis' reign, France became the leading power of the European countries and participated in three major wars: the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the League of Augsburg and the War of the Spanish Succession. Louis and his wife Maria Theresa of Spain had six children, all for which only one survived to adulthood. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his five-year-old great-grandson, Louis XV. The Maison du Roi ("The King's Household") was the royal household of the King of France. It comprised the military, domestic and religious entourage of the French royal family during the Ancient Regime and Bourbon.
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Date of Publication: March 28, 1668
Type: Handwritten Manuscript
Place of Publication: Paris
Language: French
Special Attributes: Signed
Region: Europe
Author: Louis XIV of France
Material: Paper
Subject: Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
