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LE GRAND CONDÉ AND HIS ROYAL ASPIRATIONS TO THE THRONE OF POLAND





[AUTOGRAPH]. DUC DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE CONDÉ, Louis II.  [Letter to  Mr de Cabiniets]. 
Paris, 9 February 1679. Autograph letter in French (22.7 x 16.8 cm), signed. In pen and ink.

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Manuscript letter signed 'Louis de Bourbon', to "Mr de Cabiniets". Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (8 September 1621 - 11 November 1686) was a French general and the most famous representative of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Prior to his father's death in 1646, he was styled the Duc d'Enghien. For his military prowess he was renowned as The Great Condé (Le Grand Condé).
In this letter he thanks the addressee for a letter with news concerning Poland. Louis II de Bourbon had himself been involved in negociations with a view to the election, at first of Condé's son Enghien, and afterwards of Condé himself, to the throne of Poland. These, after a long series of curious intrigues, were finally closed in 1674 by the veto of Louis XIV and the election of John Sobieski in 1676 as King of Poland. Very slightly foxed. In fine condition.