Dame Renée de RIEUX, Baroness of CASTELLANE, known as “La Be - Lot 24

Dame Renée de RIEUX, Baroness of CASTELLANE, known as “La Belle de Châteauneuf.” A famous cousin and favorite of HENRI III, who died at the age of 38 (1550–1588). 4 Documents: Excerpt from the Parliamentary Records of March 22, 1588, concerning a dispute between François AUDEBERT and his wife, Damoiselle Françoise GUYARD, and Dame Renée de RIEUX, Lady of Castellane and one of the Ladies-in-Waiting to the King’s Queen Mother, widow of the late Philippe d’ALTOVITI, Captain of the King’s Galleys, regarding an annuity from a royal estate. Parchment (63 x 40 cm); followed by: Judgment rendered upon AUDIBERT’s petition against Madame de Castellane. Paper, 2 pp., folio; Extract from the Chamber of Accounts for the King in Provence appended to the Petition presented by Lady Renée de RIEUX, Baroness of Castellane, 1587. Paper, 6 pp., in-4°; Inventory of assets for Dame Renée de RIEUX, Baroness of Castellane and Lady of Beaumont, against the children and heirs of the late Baron de CASTELLANE. April 1622. 13 pp., in-4° on paper.