LOUIS XVIII & CHARLES X:

LOUIS XVIII & CHARLES X: Louis XVIII (1755-1824) King of France 1814-1824, with a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815, and Charles X (1757-1836) Count of Artois. King of France 1824-30. Both brothers of King Louis XVI. D.S., Louis Stanislas Xavier and Charles Philippe, one page, oblong folio, Coblence, 10th December 1791, to Cesar Bergeret, in French. The partially printed document being a Lieutenant appointment to the Mirabeau Legion. Countersigned at the base by De Broglie and Mirabeau, adding beneath an eight lines annotation in his hand. An interesting document signed by two Kings of France. Overall age wear, few stains and edges very slightly trimmed. G £500-800 Victor-François de Broglie (1718-1804) Duke de Broglie. Marshal of France. André Boniface Louis Riqueti de Mirabeau (1754-1792) also known as Mirabeau-Tonneau. He emigrated to Germany and founded the well-remembered Black Legion of Mirabeau, also called the Death Hussards Legion, fighting in 1791 against the republicans.