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LORRAINE. RENÉ II (1451-1508) duc de Lorraine et de Bar | petit-fils du Bo

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LORRAINE. RENÉ II (1451-1508) duke of Lorraine and Bar| grandson of Good King René, he defeated and killed Charles the Bold before Nancy.
L.S. with autograph compliment "Vre cousin René", Padua 19 Aug. 1483, to "mon Cousin le bastard de Calabre"| countersigned by
Michiel| 1 page in-4, address, seal under paper (edges reinforced).
He asks him to send Villaige to him, "because for some things I have to deal with him. In addition I had mandated you to send me Bernardin Cancellier Italian and you have done so. [...] In addition I wrote to you that you should no longer write to me in Italian but in French as you have done. Once and for all, do not write to me again but continue your good style. Maintain all the sugets, and those in the camp as well as you can, and in brief, find a man and money to pay them and satisfy them at the due date, and provide for everything so well that they will all be happy"... John, bastard of CALABRE, was the natural son of John II of Anjou, maternal uncle of Rene II].