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Book ID: 3054
Title La grant triu[n]phe et joye faicte de la reduction des tres nobles et puissans seigneurs messieurs le daulphin et le duc Dorleans en la ville et cite de Bourges
Authors
Year of event 1530
Event description Festivities in Bourges to celebrate the release from captivity of the two sons of François I, King of France (1494-1547), François, Dauphin (1518-1536), and Henri, duc d'Orleans, later Henri II, King of France (1519-1559)
Event type Victory and peace celebrations
Event place Bourges
Publication info n.p.; [1530?]; 8°
Pages [8]pp
Illustrations
Festival type Banquets and feasts; Bonfires; Musical performances and concerts; Processions
Rulers François I, King of France; François II of France as Dauphin; Henri II, King of France
Artists
Shelfmark BL c.46.a.12
URL http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/BookDetails.aspx?strFest=0010
Notes The Dauphin and the duc d'Orleans were released from their captivity in Spain by Karl V under the terms of the peace of Cambrai for a ransom of 2 million gold "ecus au soleil".