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fme_470798 - CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Médaille, Charles X, Cardinal de Bourbon, refrappe

CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON Médaille, Charles X, Cardinal de Bourbon, refrappe AU
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Type : Médaille, Charles X, Cardinal de Bourbon, refrappe
Date: (1590)
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver REGNAULT Philippe (1582-1590)
Weight : 37,5 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire bombé. Patine marron hétérogène avec quelques taches à l’avers et des traces de manipulation. Restes de brillant autour des reliefs

Obverse


Obverse legend : CAROLVS. DECIMVS. FRANCORVM. REX.
Obverse description : Buste couronné à gauche de Charles X.

Reverse


Reverse legend : AVITA. ET. IVS. IN. ARMIS. .
Reverse description : Couronne royale en plein champ.
Reverse translation : il tient sa couronne de ses aïeux et son droit est protégé par les armes.

Commentary


Refrappe de la médaille de Philippe Regnault sans poinçon, probablement du XIXe siècle.
Cette médaille est référencée sous le n° 324 de l’ouvrage “Les médailleurs français du XVe siècle au milieu du XVIIe”. On la retrouve également dans l’ouvrage “Catalogue des coins du cabinet de la monnaie royale des médailles” du Cabinet de la Monnaie Royale des Médailles (PARIS), p.14 n°61.

Historical background


CHARLES X, CARDINAL OF BOURBON

(02/08/1589-9/05/1590)

Charles X, uncle and godfather of Henri IV and first cousin of François de Lorraine, was born in 1523. Cardinal and papal legate in Avignon from 1565 to 1590, it was he who had blessed the marriage of Marguerite de Valois and Henri IV on the eve of Saint-Barthélemy. On the death of the Duke of Alençon, last brother of Henry III, he was recognized by the League and by Philip II of Spain as heir presumptive to the crown. Recognized by Henri, in 1588, as his closest relative, he was arrested at Blois on December 23, 1588 while the Guises were being assassinated. He was proclaimed king by the Leaguers after the murder of Henri III on August 2, 1589 but died a prisoner at Fontenay-le-Comte on May 9, 1590..

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