HENRI IV
Handwritten letter signed "Henry" with two autograph lignes addressed to Louis de Saligné, lord of Lardière and Badiolle, king's lieutenant in Haut-Poitou (April 1589). 1 page in-4° with address at the back.
He announces to his addressee his next visit in the Loire and asks for him to come and join him. Henri IV gathers his troupes to attack those of the Ligue lead by the Duke of Mayenne who uprised against the king in April 1589. This civil war lasted until 1692.