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The sale of a house at Versailles - 1691, 14th February 1691,…
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Melbourne
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15-Aug-2021
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The sale of a house at Versailles - 1691, 14th February 1691, French seven-page document on vellum, being the contract covering the sale of a house at Versailles; signed on the last page by the seller (Bruneau) and the purchaser (Bontemps). Alexandre Bontemps (1626?1701) was the valet of King Louis XIV and a powerful figure at the court of Versailles, respected and feared for his exceptional access to the King. He was the second of a sequence of five Bontemps to hold the position of Premier valet de la Chambre du Roi (, first valet of the king's bedchamber, in uninterrupted succession between 1643 and 1766, when an early death, leaving no successor, broke the line.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents