E-auction 13-3414 - fjt_014480 - LORRAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Henri de Guise n.d.

LORRAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Henri de Guise XF

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	26 €
Maximum bid :	26 €
End of the sale :	15 July 2013 17:04:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Henri de Guise

Date: n.d.

Metal : brass

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

F.7625 - Corre.3225 - Florange 269

Obverse

Obverse legend : H. D. DE. GUISE. CONI. DEV. PAIR. DE. FRAN.

Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Lorraine entourées du collier.

Reverse

Reverse legend : C. D. DE. GUISE. CON. DEV. PAIR. DE. FRAN.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes de Catherine de Clèves, duchesse de Lorraine, entourées de la cordelière.

Commentary

Henri Ier de Guise, dit le Balafré, est né le 31 décembre 1549 et assassiné le 23 décembre 1588 au château de Blois. D'abord prince de Joinville, puis duc de Guise (1563) et pair de France, comte d'Eu et Grand Maître de France. Il avait épousé en 1595, Catherine de Clèves, fille de François, duc de Nevers, et veuve d'Antoine de Crouy.
Il est l'un des bénéficiaires politiques de la Saint-Barthélemy en 1572, chef de la Ligue catholique (1576) durant les guerres de Religion en France. Très populaire, il devint le maître de Paris après la journée des Barricades (12 Mai 1588). Il fut assassiné sur l'ordre d'Henri III lors des États Généraux de Blois.
Voir sa biographie complète à http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Ier_de_Guise.
Henry I of Guise, known as the Scarred, was born on December 31, 1549 and assassinated on December 23, 1588 at the Château de Blois. First Prince of Joinville, then Duke of Guise (1563) and peer of France, Count of Eu and Grand Master of France. He married in 1595, Catherine de Clèves, daughter of François, Duke of Nevers, and widow of Antoine de Crouy. He was one of the political beneficiaries of the Saint-Barthélemy in 1572, leader of the Catholic League (1576) during the Wars of Religion in France. Very popular, he became the master of Paris after the day of the Barricades (May 12, 1588). He was assassinated on the orders of Henry III during the Estates General of Blois. See his full biography at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Ier_de_Guise