[LOUIS XIII OF FRANCE]: (1601-1643) King of France 1610-43 and King of Navarre 1610-20. Son of Henry IV. Louis XIII ...

[LOUIS XIII OF FRANCE]: (1601-1643) King of France 1610-43 and King of Navarre 1610-20. Son of Henry IV. Louis XIII ascended the throne at the early age of nine when his father was assassinated. His mother the Queen Marie de´ Medici acting as Regent. Louis XIII took power in 1617 by exiling his mother and executing her Italian followers. D.S., Louis, by his secretary, one page, oblong 18 x 11.5 vellum, 6th March 1617, to Achille de Harlay, in old French. The document being the military appointment of Achille de Harlay to lieutenant general at the Orleans government and bailiff of the Paris palace, as per Charles de Halay request, Sieur of Dolot, his tutor and special envoy of the King to Germany and Poland. The document stating in part `..the appointment and rights given to Achille de Harlays do not include his brothers and sisters who His Majesty has ordered to keep excluded from all these rights and benefits..´ Countersigned by Antoine de Loménie (1560-1638). Two stains to the folds, otherwise G £150-200 Achille de Harlay (1536-1619) Count of Beaumont. President of the Parliament. Best known as the judge of Ravaillac, the murderer of King Henry IV, father of Louis XIII. The family de Harlay, with many members parliamentarians, got for long benefits from the Kings of France. Probably in part because King Henry IV took by force Charlotte des Essarts with him, a famous conquest, when she was mistress of Christophe de Harlay.