fjt_078993 - LYONNAIS (GOVERNORS OF) Jeton Ar 29, Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, marquis de Villeroy puis duc de Retz n.d.
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Type : Jeton Ar 29, Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, marquis de Villeroy puis duc de Retz
Date: (1730-1734)
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,59 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière sur les reliefs avec de petites marques de manipulation. Bon centrage. Très bel exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Écu couronné aux armes de Louis-François-Anne de Neufville sur un manteau d’hermines, entouré des colliers des ordres.
Reverse
Reverse description : Écusson ovale aux armes de la Ville, placé sur un cartouche, soutenu par les figures allégoriques nues et assises du Rhône et de la Saône laissant échapper l’eau de leurs urnes. Palmes à l’exergue.
Commentary
Attribution selon Tricou, Jetons armoriés, Lyon, 1947, p. 139, n° 98 et pl.IV. Coins de droit et de revers différents du jeton précédent. Ces attributions restent très incertaines mais Tricou, op. cit. p. 139 indique pour le duc de Retz “l’azur du champ est indiqué par des hachures, le collier du Saint-Esprit est orné de H au lieu de L couronnées, il n’y a pas d’armoiries sur le revers du manteau, etc..” La famille de Neufville de Villeroy d’Alincourt porte d’azur au chevron d’or accompagné de trois croisettes ancrées du même. Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, né à Versailles en octobre 1695, est le fils aîné de Louis-Nicolas et de Marguerite Le Tellier. Il obtient différents offices et charges en survivance de son père puis en titre à la mort de ce dernier en 1734, notamment gouverneur et lieutenant-général de Lyon et des provinces de Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais dont il démissionne en 1763 pour son neveu Gabriel-Louis-François. Marié à Marie-Renée de Montmorency-Luxembourg, il meurt sans postérité en 1766.
Attribution according to Tricou, Jetons armoriés, Lyon, 1947, p. 139, no. 98 and pl.IV. Obverse and reverse corners different from the previous token. These attributions remain very uncertain but Tricou, op. cit. p. 139 indicates for the Duke of Retz “the azure of the field is indicated by hatching, the collar of the Holy Spirit is decorated with H instead of crowned L, there is no coat of arms on the reverse of the coat, etc.” The Neufville de Villeroy d'Alincourt family wears azure with a golden chevron accompanied by three crosslets anchored with the same. Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, born in Versailles in October 1695, is the eldest son of Louis-Nicolas and Marguerite Le Tellier. He obtained various offices and charges in survivorship of his father and then in title upon the latter's death in 1734, notably governor and lieutenant-general of Lyon and the provinces of Lyonnais, Forez and Beaujolais from which he resigned in 1763 for his nephew Gabriel-Louis-François. Married to Marie-Renée de Montmorency-Luxembourg, he died without issue in 1766
Attribution according to Tricou, Jetons armoriés, Lyon, 1947, p. 139, no. 98 and pl.IV. Obverse and reverse corners different from the previous token. These attributions remain very uncertain but Tricou, op. cit. p. 139 indicates for the Duke of Retz “the azure of the field is indicated by hatching, the collar of the Holy Spirit is decorated with H instead of crowned L, there is no coat of arms on the reverse of the coat, etc.” The Neufville de Villeroy d'Alincourt family wears azure with a golden chevron accompanied by three crosslets anchored with the same. Louis-François-Anne de Neufville, born in Versailles in October 1695, is the eldest son of Louis-Nicolas and Marguerite Le Tellier. He obtained various offices and charges in survivorship of his father and then in title upon the latter's death in 1734, notably governor and lieutenant-general of Lyon and the provinces of Lyonnais, Forez and Beaujolais from which he resigned in 1763 for his nephew Gabriel-Louis-François. Married to Marie-Renée de Montmorency-Luxembourg, he died without issue in 1766
Historical background
LYONNAIS (GOVERNORS OF)
The governments, military and political divisions of the kingdom were twelve in number in the 16th century, they were thirty-nine in 1776, of which eighteen were first class (Picardy, Flanders, Normandy, Lorraine, Burgundy, etc.) and twenty-one second class (Boulonnais, Artois, Berry, Auvergne, etc.). The governors, important figures during the Wars of Religion and sometimes dangerous rivals of power, saw their powers diminished by royalty, in particular by Henri IV or by Richelieu. Louis XIV reduced their exercise to three years and left them only honors, while the intendants exercised the reality of power in the field. The governments nevertheless continued to be transmitted in the great families: Condé in Burgundy, Luxembourg in Normandy, etc..
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