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LEOPOLD I (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor. Manuscript document signed ("Leopold"), a patent of nobility and grant of arms to Gaspar de Blois de Treslong  Ginderdeüren, Venice, 16 May 1694. 18½ pages, 327 x 255 mm. (12 7/8 x 10 in.), ON PARCHMENT, written in a fine secretarial script, initial "L" of first page with elaborate pen-work decoration, bound in original brown velvet, in Latin, THE GREAT SEAL OF LEOPOLD I impressed in red wax (118 mm (4¾ in. diameter): the royal crest flanked by griffons and encircled by armorial shields), pendant on a braided cord, cover rubbed, minor dampstains, the seal chipped. [With:] Attached contemporary family geneology of Gaspar de Blois de Treslong  Ginderdeüren, official documentation, and an English transcript.
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary (1655-1705) and King of Bohemia (1656-1705), successfully expanded his central European empire while warring with the Ottomans. The grant reads: "Wherefore, from the testimony of worthy documents, it is established that you, Gaspar de Blois de Treslong  Ginderdeüren, through an unbroken series of marriages, have sprung from the very ancient and illustrious family of the Counts of Chastillon sur Marne et Blois in France...We...confer on you...the rank and dignity of the Noble Knights Vexillariorum." The armorial bearings granted "in perpetuity" are described in detail.
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary (1655-1705) and King of Bohemia (1656-1705), successfully expanded his central European empire while warring with the Ottomans. The grant reads: "Wherefore, from the testimony of worthy documents, it is established that you, Gaspar de Blois de Treslong  Ginderdeüren, through an unbroken series of marriages, have sprung from the very ancient and illustrious family of the Counts of Chastillon sur Marne et Blois in France...We...confer on you...the rank and dignity of the Noble Knights Vexillariorum." The armorial bearings granted "in perpetuity" are described in detail.