Live auction - fme_940278 - LORRAINE - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - FRANCIS III Médaille, Les Ducs de Lorraine
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 80 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 August 2026 18:23:02 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Médaille, Les Ducs de Lorraine
Date: n.d.
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 47,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 49,35 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Belle patine marron sombre, hétérogène, présentant quelques points d’usure. Trou percé à 12 heures
Obverse
Obverse legend : AB. EBERHARDO. HVGONIS. PRIMOGENITO. LOTHARINGI. DVCES. // FRANC. .III. // LEOP / .I. // CAR / .V. // N. FRAN // CAR / .IIII. // FRANC / .II. // HENR / .II. // CAR / .III. // FRANC / .I. // ANTH // RENAT. / .II. // FRID. II / C.V. // ANTH / C.V. // FREDI / C.V. // IOAN / .I. // (ETC.).
Obverse description : Arbre généalogique de la maison de Lorraine, chargé de 40 cartouches dont l’un est en blanc et les 59 autres portent le nom en abrégé de chacun des comtes.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EBERHARDVS / ALSATIAE COMES. / HVGONIS ALSATIAE / ET FERRETI COMITIS FILIVS. / BADIVAM ANGLORVM / SANGVINE REGIO ORTAM / SOROREM EDGITAE / OTHONI. I. IMPERATORI NVPTAE / DVXIT VXOREM. AN. CMXXX. / ET EX EA PROLEM SVSCEPIT / ADHELEIDEM IMPERATORIS / CONRADI SALICI MATREM. / GERARDVM METENSEM. C. / ET ADALBERTVM / COMITEM ALSATIAE. .
Reverse description : Légende en 15 lignes horizontales.
Commentary
Arbre généalogique des ducs de Lorraine, de Hugues à François III, les noms sur des cartouches posés sur un arbre.
Historical background
LORRAINE - DUCHY OF LORRAINE - FRANCIS III
(1/09/1715-10/05/1774)
François III (28/12/1708-17/08/1765) is the second son of Léopold Duke of Lorraine (1690-1727) and Elisabeth Charlotte of Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV. He succeeded his father on May 17, 1729 but lived in Austria. At the end of the War of the Polish Succession which had begun in 1733 and ended in 1735, it was decided that François III of Lorraine, who was to become the son-in-law of Charles VI by marrying his daughter, Marie-Thérèse, would renounce the Duchy of Lorraine and Bar in exchange for the Duchy of Tuscany and the hand of Maria Theresa with the title of future emperor, after the death of Charles VI. Stanislas Lezczinsky, father-in-law of Louis XV, would retain the title of King of Poland and would become Duke of Lorraine and Bar. Upon his death, Lorraine and Bar would be attached to France. François married Marie-Thérèse on February 12, 1736. On May 10, 1736, he accepted the treaty which stripped him of Lorraine. On September 13, he renounced his title of Duke of Bar and on December 24 of the same year, by a secret act, renounced Lorraine. On February 13, 1737, the Treaty of Presbourg ratified the withdrawal of François III.
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