fjt_245606 - LOUIS XV and MARIANA-VICTORIA INFANTA OF SPAIN Fiançailles du roi 1721
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Price : 48.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 48.00 €
Type : Fiançailles du roi
Date: 1721
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,35 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. FR. ET NAV. REX. M. A. VICT. HISP INF ; À L'EXERGUE LUDOVICI MAGNI PRONEPOTES..
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Louis XV et de Marie-Anne Victoire, Infante d'Espagne ; signature I.B. dans l’épaule du roi.
Obverse translation : Louis XV, roi des Francs et de Navarre - Marie-Anne Victoire Infante d'Espagne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IN PUBLICA COMMODA CRESCENT. - 1721..
Reverse description : Un jeune ormeau autour duquel s'enroule une vigne.
Reverse translation : Ils grandissent pour le bien de tous.
Commentary
Frappe médaille. Ce jeton de fiançailles ne fut pas suivi de jetons de mariage en raison des événements politiques qui poussèrent la France à renvoyer l’Infante et à marier le Roi avec Marie Leszczinska.
Medal strike. This engagement token was not followed by marriage tokens due to the political events that pushed France to dismiss the Infanta and marry the King to Marie Leszczinska.
Medal strike. This engagement token was not followed by marriage tokens due to the political events that pushed France to dismiss the Infanta and marry the King to Marie Leszczinska.
Historical background
LOUIS XV and MARIANA-VICTORIA INFANTA OF SPAIN
The regent had decided to betroth his little cousin to Marie Anne Victoire (1718-1781), the daughter of Philip V of Spain (1683-1746) and his second wife Elisabeth Farnese (1692-1766). The young infanta was eight years younger than the King. The children were in fact betrothed in 1723. After the death of the regent, the engagement was broken. Marie-Anne will marry in 1732 Joseph de Bragance (1714-1777), future Joseph I, king of Portugal (1750-1777). As for Louis XV, he married Marie Leszczynska (1703-1768), daughter of Stanislas I, deposed king of Poland.
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