Live auction - fjt_1099024 - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES III THE GREAT DUKE CHARLES III LE GRAND DUC 1598
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Live starting : Type : CHARLES III LE GRAND DUC
Date: 1598
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 6,02 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée, présentant de l’usure sur les hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Provient d’une vente Florange n°99
Obverse
Obverse legend : F - T.
Obverse description : Sept écussons radiants autour de la bande de Lorraine ceinte d'une couronne. De chaque côté de la couronne deux petits doubles C croisés.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A.D.M. // AEQVITAS. SCVTVM. INEXPVGNABILE ; À L'EXERGUE : +1598+.
Reverse description : La Justice sous les traits de Minerve armée et debout. A droite, près d'elle, un guerrier renversé sur des armes.
Reverse translation : L'équité est un bouclier invincible.
Commentary
Gravure dans les champs de l’avers : F et T ; et dans les champs du revers : A.D.M.
Ce jeton fait allusion à la défaire des troupes auxiliaires de Navarre.
Engraving in the obverse fields: F and T; and in the reverse fields: ADM. This token alludes to the defeat of the auxiliary troops of Navarre.
Ce jeton fait allusion à la défaire des troupes auxiliaires de Navarre.
Engraving in the obverse fields: F and T; and in the reverse fields: ADM. This token alludes to the defeat of the auxiliary troops of Navarre.
Historical background
DUCHY OF LORRAINE - CHARLES III THE GREAT DUKE
(1545-1608)
Charles III (1543-1608) is the son of François Ier (1544 -1545) and Christine of Denmark, the niece of Charles V. He was born in Nancy on February 18, 1543 and died there on May 14, 1608. Succeeding his father on June 12, 1545 under the regency of his mother, he was declared of age in 1555 and married Claude de France, the daughter of Henri II, in 1560. He tried to maintain strict neutrality between France and the Empire. Deeply Catholic, he fought fiercely against Protestantism. With the accession of François II and Marie Stuart, Guise by his mother, Charles enjoys a great credit at the court of France which is maintained under Charles IX. He founded the academy of Pont-à-Mousson and decided that the year would begin on January 1 from 1580. He embellished Nancy. From 1584, he joined the Holy League in order to overthrow his brother-in-law Henri III by helping and financing his cousin the Duke of Guise. After the death of Guise, then Henri III, he supported the Duke of Mayenne and signed peace with Henri IV in 1595. Henri, son of Charles, married Catherine de Bourbon, sister of Henri IV, in 1598. Charles died in 1608 in a peaceful Lorraine.
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