Bidspirit auction | LOUIS XV: (1710-1774)

LOUIS XV: (1710-1774) - LOUIS XV: (1710-1774) King of France 1715-74. A good document signed by the King, with three words above also in his hand. D.S., ` Bon les apostilles Louis´, twenty-seven pages, folio, n.p., May 1731, in French. The lengthy manuscript document, signed at the conclusion by the King, is the approval of the 1731 salaries and gratuities to be paid to officers and petty officers of the Regiment of French Guards, and lists a long number of names, with ranks and amounts to pay, ranging from 8000 francs for the Chief of the regiment, Colonel Duc de Gramont, to the 100 francs to most Sergeants. Tied with blue ribbon. G to VG   The Regiment of the Guards was created in 1560 to grant the security of the King. Louis Antoine Armand de Gramont (1688-1741) Duc de Louvigny. Colonel of the French Guards from 1717. Appointed General in 1734.