fjt_016203 - AUNIS AND LA ROCHELLE François de Villemontée 1633
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Type : François de Villemontée
Date: 1633
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MRE F DE VILLEMONTEE CHER SEIGR DE MONTAIQVILLON ET DE VILLE NAVXE CR DAT D RQTES ET INT DE LA IVSTICE POL FIN ET MAR A LA ROCHELLE PROV ET ISL D ENTRE LOIRE ET GAROMNE.
Obverse description : Armes de F. de Villemontée.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NVNC VICTA QVIESCO ; À L'EXERGUE : 1633.
Reverse description : Vaisseau dans le port de La Rochelle.
Reverse translation : Une fois vaincue, je me repose.
Commentary
Après s'être ruiné à son intendance, François de Villemontée mit sa femme au couvent et se fit prêtre. Avec l'influence de Le Tellier, il obtint l'évêché de Saint Malo.
After ruining himself in his stewardship, François de Villemontée put his wife in a convent and became a priest. With the influence of Le Tellier, he obtained the bishopric of Saint Malo.
After ruining himself in his stewardship, François de Villemontée put his wife in a convent and became a priest. With the influence of Le Tellier, he obtained the bishopric of Saint Malo.
Historical background
AUNIS AND LA ROCHELLE
Between Poitou and Saintonge, Aunis has La Rochelle as its capital and also includes the towns of Brouage and Rochefort. Possession of the Plantagenets, it was taken in 1224 then lost during the Treaty of Brétigny (1360). Aunis revolts shortly after and gives itself to King Charles V. It is one of the bastions of Protestantism in the 16th century and at the beginning of the 17th century until the capture of La Rochelle in 1628.
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