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The author of the draft letters was probably Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (about 1658-1735), a former English general and an experienced diplomat who was scheming against Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740). Peterborough settled in Paris and in 1717 began frequenting the salon of Madame de Nancré, the Marquis’s mother. It was via the letters she sent to her son that Peterborough informed the Marquis of Nancré of his diplomatic strategies, which were in opposition to those of Cardinal Dubois.
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Letter draft
Unfinished drafts of letters addressed to Louis-Jacques-Aimé-Théodore de Dreux, Marquis de Nancré, by the secretary of Abbot Dubois, minister and right hand of the Regent Philippe of Orléans
Date
March 4, 1718 - August 15, 1718
Dimensions1 textual record ; 34.4 x 21.4 cm
Origin
Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A2.1,1.4
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentCollections of draft letters addressed to Louis-Jacques-Aimé-Théodore de Dreux, Marquis of Nancré (?-1719), French ambassador to Madrid during the Regency period (1715-1723). A protégé of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois (1656-1723), chief minister to the regent Philippe d’Orléans (1674-1723), the Marquis of Nancré was sent by Cardinal Dubois to Madrid in March 1718, charged with thwarting the political ambitions in the Mediterranean of Cardinal Giulio Alberoni (1664-1752), prime minister to the king of Spain, Philippe V (1683-1746). The author of the draft letters was probably Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (about 1658-1735), a former English general and an experienced diplomat who was scheming against Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740). Peterborough settled in Paris and in 1717 began frequenting the salon of Madame de Nancré, the Marquis’s mother. It was via the letters she sent to her son that Peterborough informed the Marquis of Nancré of his diplomatic strategies, which were in opposition to those of Cardinal Dubois.
NotesSource of title: Based on the nature of the document.
Statement of responsibility: The author of the letters was almost certainly Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (about 1658-1735).
Physical description: Laid paper; large folio sheets bound into two booklets; 40 pages (incomplete).
Statement of responsibility: The author of the letters was almost certainly Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (about 1658-1735).
Physical description: Laid paper; large folio sheets bound into two booklets; 40 pages (incomplete).
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