Memoranda about Charles d'Orléans's rights as Count of Blois

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Title: Memoranda about Charles d'Orléans's rights as Count of Blois
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Charles, d'Orléans, 1394-1465
Date Issued: 1434
Region: France--Northern France
City: Selles-sur-Cher
Coordinates: 47° 16′ 35″ N, 1° 33′ 20″ E
Type of Resource: Manuscript document
Language: Middle French, 1400-1600
Genre: Legal document
Physical Description: Folio: vellum, 41.4 x 22.6 cm
Marginalia: Fol. 1v: notes in pencil about Charles d'Orléans, written in English, 20th century
Topic: Notable People
Major Events
Government and Politics
Subject: Hundred Years' War (1339-1453)
Orléans, Charles d', 1394-1465
France--Blois (County)
Prisoners of war
Charles VII, King of France, 1403-1461
Trials, litigations, etc.
France--Loire River Valley
Note(s): Undated and unsigned manuscript, most probably written shortly after April 1434
Repository: The Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number: Folger MS X.d.41
Provenance: Gagnarre, Jean-Baptiste-Anne-Geneviève, baron of Jourvansault, 1742-1792, former owner
Digital Image Rights Holder: The Folger Shakespeare Library
Reading Difficulty: Introductory
Time Period: 1400-1449