[CHARLES FOUQUET, DUKE OF BELLE-ISLE] - A fine set of 4 docu - Lot 178

[CHARLES FOUQUET, DUKE OF BELLE-ISLE] - A fine set of 4 documents signed by Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle: 1 signed letter to the Count of Walsh (Versailles, 1760); 1 note to the Count of Gisors (1758); a letter to the Count of La Noue (1760); an order of protection in favor of Mr. Reymondy’s property in La Turbie (1747). Included are 2 engravings: one of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet and one of his grandfather. Of particular note is the fine order of protection in favor of Mr. Reymondy in La Turbie, issued during the battles between French troops commanded by the Duke of Belle-Isle and Austro-Sardinian forces in the War of the Austrian Succession: “It is expressly forbidden, under penalty of punishment, for all soldiers, cavalrymen, dragoons, and all others, without exception, to cause any harm or damage to the houses and property belonging to Sieur Reymondy located in La Turbie in the County of Nice; we forbid, on pain of death, all soldiers and others from touching or removing anything from said houses and property… Menton, June 21, 1747” Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, Duke of Belle-Isle, was born in Villefranche-de-Rouergue in 1684 and died in Versailles in 1761. A French officer and diplomat, he was appointed Marshal of France in 1740. He was the grandson of Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances, whom Louis XIV had imprisoned for life (some believe he was the famous Man in the Iron Mask).