LOUIS XV (1710-1774) Roi de France. AUTOGRAPHIC NOTES in the margin of a Memorandum of observations to take orders from the King, [ca. 1745-1750]; 3 pages infol. Curious document, about the trip from the court to Marly and the problem of housing granted at the château. The questions requiring the King's examination are written on the right-hand side of the page, and Louis XV puts his answers in the margin, often very freely. The Duchess of CHARTRES asked if she could lead her two ladies in company, and Louis XV replied: "Ladies will lead only one. Me la D. de Chartres will have only one of them to stay, but if she wants to put her in her pavilion at the right time..."... He grants a small lodging to the Duke of CHARTRES for Mr. de BALLEROY, "not as to Mr. de Chartres but as to Mr. le D. d'Orléans". As for MM. de SORCY and de DAMPIERRE, "for this time cy it is necessary to leave them in Versailles, when they will want to come in visit they will be the maistres". Should the ministers be given their lodgings? "If they have an indispensable need for it, yes, it is necessary to ask them for it. As for the lodging of the Queen's surgeon, Mr. de LA FOSSE, it was pointed out that he no longer bled the Queen, and that the Duchess of Burgundy came to see her in a coach; the King replied: "if the Queen cannot do without La Fosse at the right time, but by the Me de Villars canal, it is necessary to make her see reason at least for this cy journey". As for the First Chaplain, "my per aumosnier is in Soissons, and will not come to Marly, the Queen's chaplain must not go there" ... It is still a question of MADEMOISELLE: "Miss is in possession of her flag for a long time, and her mood is not I believe sweet enough to dare to make any proposals to her at the moment cy. If it comes from her at the right time ". For the Aide-Major of the French Guards: "The Aide-Major must have only one hole. Look for him in one of this kind or give it to his guard as in the past. After an answer concerning the squi
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LOUIS XV (1710-1774) Roi de France.
AUTOGRAPHIC NOTES in the margin of a Memorandum of observations to take orders from the King, [ca. 1745-1750]; 3 pages infol.
Curious document, about the trip from the court to Marly and the problem of housing granted at the château. The questions requiring the King's examination are written on the right-hand side of the page, and Louis XV puts his answers in the margin, often very freely. The Duchess of CHARTRES asked if she could lead her two ladies in company, and Louis XV replied: "Ladies will lead only one. Me la D. de Chartres will have only one of them to stay, but if she wants to put her in her pavilion at the right time..."... He grants a small lodging to the Duke of CHARTRES for Mr. de BALLEROY, "not as to Mr. de Chartres but as to Mr. le D. d'Orléans". As for MM. de SORCY and de DAMPIERRE, "for this time cy it is necessary to leave them in Versailles, when they will want to come in visit they will be the maistres". Should the ministers be given their lodgings? "If they have an indispensable need for it, yes, it is necessary to ask them for it. As for the lodging of the Queen's surgeon, Mr. de LA FOSSE, it was pointed out that he no longer bled the Queen, and that the Duchess of Burgundy came to see her in a coach; the King replied: "if the Queen cannot do without La Fosse at the right time, but by the Me de Villars canal, it is necessary to make her see reason at least for this cy journey". As for the First Chaplain, "my per aumosnier is in Soissons, and will not come to Marly, the Queen's chaplain must not go there" ... It is still a question of MADEMOISELLE: "Miss is in possession of her flag for a long time, and her mood is not I believe sweet enough to dare to make any proposals to her at the moment cy. If it comes from her at the right time ". For the Aide-Major of the French Guards: "The Aide-Major must have only one hole. Look for him in one of this kind or give it to his guard as in the past. After an answer concerning the squi
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