Royal Charter, Philippe II Duke of Orléans, Valois, Nemours and Montpensier, Prince of Joinville Count of Beaujolais and multiple peer of France Grandson of King Louis XIII and a nephew of Louis XIV Royal Notarial Acts completely handwritten on 24 pages of parchment This is an unstudied manuscript. From an old note, it appears that it is a recording of Notarial Acts (procurations, quittances, ventes de bois, bail, vendition etc.) related to Philippe II-Duke of Orleans. It certainly is a manuscript worthy of additional scholarship and contains a wealth of historical details. Size per double sheet : 48cm x 30cm 12 large parchment sheets = 24 handwritten pages with brownish and faded golden ink Philippe II de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (2 August 1674 in Saint-Cloud; † 2 December 1723 in Versailles), often referred to simply as Philippe II d'Orléans, was titular Duke of Chartres (1674–1701) and, after his father's death in 1701, Duke of Orléans, Valois, Nemours and Montpensier, Prince of Joinville, Count of Beaujolais and multiple peer of France. He belonged to the Bourbon line of the House of Orléans, founded by his father. From 1715 to 1723 he exercised the regency in France in the name of Louis XV, who was still a minor. The period of his reign and the flourishing style of art during it are therefore referred to in French historiography as the Régence, Philippe himself as le Régent. In 1692, Philippe married Françoise Marie de Bourbon, a legitimate daughter of his uncle Louis XIV, to Madame de Montespan, his first cousin. This was done against the will of his mother, who rejected the tall, clumsy girl, this "bastard of double adultery", in her words, as her daughter-in-law. Her dowry amounted to two million livres in cash, 150,000 livres a year for Françoise Marie, 200,000 for her husband Philippe, and a large quantity of fine jewelry and jewels. His marriage to Françoise Marie produced one son and seven daughters.... It certainly is a manuscript worthy of additional scholarship and contains a wealth of historical details.