E-auction 132-73495 - fjt_300606 - ARDENNES - DUCHY OF RETHÉLOIS - LOUIS OF GONZAGA AND HENRIETTE OF CLÈVES Imitation de jeton de la fondation pour le mariage des “Filles-Madame” n.d.
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| Estimate : | 15 € |
| Price : | 2 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2015 19:08:30 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Imitation de jeton de la fondation pour le mariage des “Filles-Madame”
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Nuremberg
Metal : brass
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MESING. RECHEN. PFENGNIG.
Obverse description : Écu armorié et entouré d’un collier .
Reverse
Reverse legend : .IN ERVORE CHARITATIS GRAM DNI EXPECTIAM.
Reverse description : Le nom de Jehovah dans une gloire d’où tombe la manne sur un autel.
Reverse translation : (déformation de “Dans la ferveur de la charité j’attends la grâce du Seigneur”).
Historical background
ARDENNES - DUCHY OF RETHÉLOIS - LOUIS OF GONZAGA AND HENRIETTE OF CLÈVES
(1581-1595)
Louis de Gonzague, born in Mantua on September 13, 1539, is the youngest son of Duke Frederick II of Mantua. Naturalized French in 1550, he married Henriette de Clèves, sister and heiress of François II de Clèves, Duke of Nevers and Governor of Champagne, on March 4, 1565. By this marriage, he became Count of Rethel (established as a duchy-peerage in 1581 ) and brother-in-law of Prince Henri de Condé and Duke Henri de Guise. He embraced the career of arms and served Kings François II, Charles IX, Henri III and then Henri IV. He died on October 22, 1595. Catholic, he signed the League at the request of his brother-in-law, the Duke of Guise, but quickly broke away to side with Henry III. He remains neutral from the advent of Henri IV but quickly approaches and supports him during the siege of Paris. Henriette de Clèves died in Paris on June 24, 1601. The liberality and piety of the spouses led them to create convents and the foundation of the "Filles-Madame" in Rethélois.
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