Jean Armand de MAILLÉ-BRÉZÉ (1619-1649) Admiral of France, C - Lot 64

Jean Armand de MAILLÉ-BRÉZÉ (1619-1649) Admiral of France, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, defeated the Spanish at Port-Mahon in 1640 - Letter A.S. "Le Duc de BRÉZÉ, à la Rade de TOULON (Var) le 22 Avril 1646, au Cardinal MAZARIN - 3 pages in-folio: "...Ce Gentilhomme lui rendrait compte de notre défense au lieu qui s'en va vers elle pour l'avertir de notre départ. She will also be informed of the strength of the troops and everything we may need for their subsistence, after which there remains nothing considerable for the present to do, namely... that the point on which I see myself experiencing... that Madame d'AIGUILLON's unjust claims will bring very great prejudice to the good of the service. The letters she has written to Messieurs des Galères serve them ... in so many ways that I fear they will be of no use. This is why I most humbly beg Your Eminence to please put things in order and consider that it has always been deemed so absolutely necessary for the GALERES to be subject to the VESSELS that there has been no example in the Kingdom for 20 years where the Vessels have not always commanded them whenever they have been joined, the Sieurs DESGOUTES DE MONTIGNY de GARNIER and DUQUESNE were the last to do so at present, not only do they dispute with these people, never with M. le Comte DOGNION under whose charge all the people are doing it. It would be unheard of for a man on the simple Commission of Mr de RICHELIEU to be able in an army to evade the obedience of the one who is Lieutenant General in Title...."