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DUCHY OF LORRAINE - YOLANDA OF FLANDERS

(1344-1360)

Henri IV, on his death left two minor children, Édouard and Robert. His widow Yolande served as regent twice, first for Edward II, from 1344 to 1349 (+) then under her second son Robert (1349-1352). She struck imitations of French royal coins but of a lesser title, so much so that she was excommunicated in 1359 or 1360. She struck coins in the workshops of Saint-Mihiel and Clermont-en-Argonne.