Live auction - bfe_1076562 - BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - HENRI D'ALBRET Blanc
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| Estimate : | 160 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 13 January 2026 17:20:50 |
Type : Blanc
Date: avant 1541
Date: s.m.
Mint name / Town : Morlaàs
Metal : billon
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 1,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce blanc est frappé sur un flan irrégulier et légèrement voilé. Monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise et présentant des faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + HENRICVS: DEI:[...]NS: B.
Obverse description : Écu de Béarn sommé d'une couronne et accosté de deux besants.
Obverse translation : (Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + PAX° ET° HO[...]FORQVIE°, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX ANNELETS SUPERPOSÉS).
Reverse description : Croix échancrée cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d’un besant, aux 2 et 3 d'un h.
Reverse translation : (Paix et Henri maître du Béarn).
Historical background
BÉARN - LORDSHIP OF BÉARN - HENRI D'ALBRET
(1516-1555)
Henri d'Albret (1503-1555) is the son of Jean II d'Albret and Catherine de Foix. He succeeded his father in 1516. In 1527, he married Marguerite d'Angoulême (1492-1549), sister of François I. He is the father of Jeanne de Navarre (1528-1572) and the grandfather of Henri IV. It was he who rubbed his grandson with a clove of garlic and placed him in a cradle made of turtle shell at the Château de Pau.
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