fjt_01429 - MARIE-THÉRÈSE D'AUTRICHE Mariage du roi 1660
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 48.00 €
Type : Mariage du roi
Date: 1660
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
F.9274 - 485 B
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XIIII. ET. MAR. THER. D. G. FRA. ET. NA. REX. ET. REG.
Obverse description : Bustes affrontés de Louis XIV et Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, type Guéant Prieur 485B.
Obverse translation : Louis XIV et Marie-Thérèse, par la grâce de Dieu, roi et reine des Francs et de Navarre.
Reverse
Reverse legend : NON. LAETIOR. ALTER. À L'EXERGUE : 1660.
Reverse description : Quatre gros nuages répandent une pluie d'or abondante sur une campagne. Au fond, la ville de St Jean de Luz.
Reverse translation : Nulle autre ville n'est plus heureuse.
Commentary
C'est à Saint Jean de Luz que fut célébré le mariage de Louis XIV avec Marie Thérèse, infante d'Espagne, le 9 juin 1660. Les deux nations regardoient cet événement comme le plus certain & le plus heureux gage de la paix (Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand).
Ce jeton est également répertorié comme Feuardent 13033.
It was in Saint Jean de Luz that the marriage of Louis XIV with Marie Thérèse, Infanta of Spain, was celebrated on June 9, 1660. Both nations regarded this event as the most certain and the happiest pledge of peace (Medals on the main events of the reign of Louis the Great). This token is also listed as Feuardent 13033
Ce jeton est également répertorié comme Feuardent 13033.
It was in Saint Jean de Luz that the marriage of Louis XIV with Marie Thérèse, Infanta of Spain, was celebrated on June 9, 1660. Both nations regarded this event as the most certain and the happiest pledge of peace (Medals on the main events of the reign of Louis the Great). This token is also listed as Feuardent 13033
Historical background
MARIE-THÉRÈSE D'AUTRICHE
Marie Thérèse (1638-1683) is the daughter of Philippe IV of Spain and Elisabeth of France, the daughter of Henri IV and Marie de Médicis. She was born in 1638, like her cousin the King, to whom she was engaged following the Treaty of the Pyrenees of November 7, 1659. She married him on June 9, 1660 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz and had six children , of which only one survived, Louis, the Grand Dauphin (1661-1711). She died on July 30, 1683. Louis XIV secretly remarried in second marriage with the Marquise de Maintenon in 1683 (1638-1719).
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