[Belgium] 2 letters: (1) Emmanuel de Moura y Cortereal, marquis of Castel Rodrigo (?-1651)

Signed letter in French addressed to "Le Prelat (du) Parcq", dated 27 May 1645, bifolium with one written page, 31 x 20.5 cm., with on the last page the address and the remains of a paper seal.

Lacks seal with paper flap with a small part of the address. Emanuel de Moura Cortereal, marquis de Castel Rodrigo (?, 1590 - Madrid, 28 January 1651) was governor of the Southern Netherlands from 20 September 1644 to 1647, and was thus in office when this letter was written. (2) Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, marquis of Castel Rodrigo (1610-1675). Signed letter similar to the former and addressed to the same Du Parcq, dated 16 May 1666, bifolium with one written page, 29 x 20 cm., with on the last page the address and paper seal. Francisco de Moura Corte Real e Melo, 3rd marquis of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, son of Emmanuel, was governor of the Southern Netherlands from 1664 to 1668, and was thus in office when this letter was written. Both letters are mentioned in the auction catalogue available online, Catalogue d'une très belle collection de manuscrits et lettres autographes (...) delaissée par (... ) L.J. de Petit (...), auction catalogue Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 7 November 1853, lots 358 and 359 (total 2).