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Contrat de mariage entre Charles-André de Maillé, marquis de La Tour-Landry, seigneur de Gillebourg, et Suzette-Antoine de Rancurel-de-Saint-Martin

Marriage contract

Marriage contract between Charles-André de Maillé, Marquis of La Tour-Landry, seigneur of Gillebourg, and Suzette-Antoine de Rancurel-de-Saint-Martin
Date September 19, 1710 - September 13, 1777
Dimensions1 textual record ; 33.4 x 23 cm
Origin Marly-le-Roi, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Object NumberS001/A2.5,3.1
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentMarriage contract between Charles-André de Maillé, Marquis of La Tour-Landry, seigneur of Gillebourg, infantry colonel, and Suzette-Antoine de Rancurel-de-Saint-Martin. The document includes the agreements reached between the two parties (community of property, contract, provisions, exemptions and special clauses) and a list of the dignitaries present, along with the signatures of the most important. Among these were members of the French royal family, including Louis XIV (1638-1715), Louis, Dauphin of France (1661-1711), and Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682-1712). Around a hundred of France’s highest-ranking aristocrats attended the wedding.
NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.



Signatures and inscriptions: signed by France’s highest-ranking dignitaries of the time; stamped “gen. de Paris.”



Physical description: 11 pages; leaflet attached with a green silk ribbon (6 sheets).
Status
Not on view

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