v17_2400 - ARDENNES - DUCHY OF RETHÉLOIS - LOUIS OF GONZAGA AND HENRIETTE OF CLÈVES Jeton de la fondation pour le mariage des “Filles-Madame”
MONNAIES 17 (2002)
Starting price : 35.00 €
Estimate : 70.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 35.00 €
Estimate : 70.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Jeton de la fondation pour le mariage des “Filles-Madame”
Date: 1649
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,44 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Petits chocs sur la tranche. Très bel exemplaire frappé avec un coin fatigué à trois heures au droit et au revers. Patine marron sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LVD. GONZAGA. ET. HENRI - CA. CLIVEN. DDVC. NIVERN..
Obverse description : Écu entouré du collier de l’ordre de Saint-Michel sommé du mot Olympos en grec et d'une couronne ouverte représentant le mont Olympe, au-dessus une représentation de l'autel du mont Olympe avec le mot FIDES.
Obverse translation : (Louis de Gonzague et Henriette de Clèves duc et duchesse du Nivernais).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .IN. FERVORE. CHARITATIS. GRAM. DNI. EXPECTAM9.
Reverse description : Le nom de Jehovah dans une gloire d’où tombe la manne sur un autel qui porte le millésime.
Reverse translation : (Dans la ferveur de la charité j’attends la grâce du Seigneur).
Commentary
Exemplaire en cuivre rouge (?). Importante trace de cassure de coin au revers.
Red copper example (?). Significant trace of a broken corner on the reverse.
Red copper example (?). Significant trace of a broken corner on the reverse.
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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