fme_760538 - ENGLAND - WILLIAM III Médaille, Commémoration de la mort de Marie II d’Angleterre
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Médaille, Commémoration de la mort de Marie II d’Angleterre
Date: 1694
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 37,45 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène, une légère usure sur certains reliefs. Présence de quelques coups
Obverse
Obverse legend : MARIA. II. D. G. MAG. BR. - FR. ET. HIB. REGINA..
Obverse description : Buste habillé et orné de perles, de profil à droite. Signé : I. D..
Reverse
Reverse legend : À L’EXERGUE : NATA. 10. FEBR. 1662. COR. / II. APR. 1689. MORT. / 29. DEC. 1694..
Reverse description : Urne posée sur un tombeau, une allégorie féminine accoudée à un livre, assise entre deux puttis.
Historical background
ENGLAND - WILLIAM III
(14/11/1650-8/03/1702)
William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange (1650-1702), Stadtholder of Holland (1672-1702), King of England (1689-1702), was the son of William II of Orange-Nassau and Marie-Henriette Stuart (daughter of Charles I of England and Henriette-Marie of France). He married his cousin Mary II Stuart (1662-1694), daughter of James II of England and Anne Hyde. When the revolution of 1688 drives out his father-in-law and uncle, William is called upon to share the throne of Great Britain with his wife. After the latter's death, he reigned alone from 1694 to 1702. After his death, his sister-in-law Anne (1665-1714), second daughter of Jacques, succeeded him..
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