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ORIGINAL DOCUMENT OF THE DIVISION OF PROPERTY OF THE QUEEN MARY OF SPAINIn la...
ORIGINAL DOCUMENT OF THE DIVISION OF PROPERTY OF THE QUEEN MARY OF SPAIN
In la villa de Madrid a quinze dias del mes de Febrero de mil y seyscientos y ocho años, ante el señor Don Francisco de Contreras del Consejo Real de Castilla de su Magestad, por ante mi Christoual Ferroce escrivano publico de la su Magestad en todos sus Reynos y señorios, los Testamentarios de la Magestad Cesarea de la Emperatriz Doña Maria, ya difunta, presentaron la peticion siguiente. Madrid, 15 February 1608.
Folio, contemporary limp vellum with handwritten title at front cover: Particion de la Haz.da de la M[agesta]d cess[area] de la Emp[eratriz] N. S. entre sus herederos, original silk ties preserved, ff. 117 (= pp. 234), [3 leaves containing a printed letter of the Queen of Spain].
Extremely scarce printed edition of the original inventory of the property of the Queen Mary of Spain.
At leaf 117r the signatures of Francisco de Contreras and Christobal Ferroce that this is the original testament of the Queen os Spain; at the final two leaves, a printed letter of the Queen followed by the signature of Ferroce that confirms that this document was faithfully transcribed.
Archduchess Maria of Austria (21 June 1528 – 26 February 1603) was the spouse of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia and Hungary. She was the daughter of Emperor Charles V and twice served as regent of Spain.
Francisco Contreras and Ribera (Segovia, 1543 - Madrid, 1630) was a Spanish statesman.
He began his career as ruler of Segovia: in 1576, he was appointed counselor at the Royal Council of Navarre. From 1599 he was a director of the Board of Castile and since 1603 he the directed the Council of Finance. In 1619 he was one of the judges who handled the case against Rodrigo Calderon.
References: Wilkinson, Iberian Books, 41921. OCLC records no copies in worldwide public libraries; but USTC 5034136 locates two copies, at Médiathèque municipale Jean Lévy of Lille (France), and at Banco de España (Madrid). Not in USA