fwo_700896 - MEXICO - CHARLES IV 8 Reales 1803 Mexico
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Price : 80.00 €
Type : 8 Reales
Date: 1803
Mint name / Town : Mexico
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,63 g.
Edge : décorée
Coments on the condition:
Traces de nettoyage. Patine tachée
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS . IIII. DEI. GRATIA. 1803.
Obverse description : Buste de Charles III d’Espagne à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HISPAN. ET IND. REX. M. 8R. F. T..
Reverse description : Écu couronné à cinq quartiers entre les Colonnes d'Hercule avec un bandeau inscrit PLUS - ULTRA.
Reverse translation : (roi des Espagnols et des Indes).
Commentary
Charles IV (12/11/1748-19/01/1819) est le fils de Charles III et de Marie-Amélie de Saxe. Il épousa Marie-Louise de Parme (1751-1819) en 1765. Il fut dominé par sa femme et son premier ministre, Manuel Godoy. Il fut obligé de s'allier à la France révolutionnaire, puis impériale. La flotte espagnole fut décimée à Trafalgar (1805). Napoléon Ier ayant des vues sur l'Espagne, il obligea Charles IV, puis son fils aîné, Ferdinand VII, à abdiquer en faveur de Joseph. Charles se retira d'abord à Compiègne, puis à Marseille, avant de s'installer à Rome où il mourut.
Charles IV (12/11/1748-19/01/1819) is the son of Charles III and Marie-Amélie de Saxe. He married Marie-Louise de Parme (1751-1819) in 1765. He was dominated by his wife and his prime minister, Manuel Godoy. He was forced to ally himself with revolutionary, then imperial France. The Spanish fleet was decimated at Trafalgar (1805). Napoleon I having views on Spain, he forced Charles IV, then his eldest son, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate in favor of Joseph. Charles retired first to Compiègne, then to Marseilles, before settling in Rome where he died
Charles IV (12/11/1748-19/01/1819) is the son of Charles III and Marie-Amélie de Saxe. He married Marie-Louise de Parme (1751-1819) in 1765. He was dominated by his wife and his prime minister, Manuel Godoy. He was forced to ally himself with revolutionary, then imperial France. The Spanish fleet was decimated at Trafalgar (1805). Napoleon I having views on Spain, he forced Charles IV, then his eldest son, Ferdinand VII, to abdicate in favor of Joseph. Charles retired first to Compiègne, then to Marseilles, before settling in Rome where he died
Historical background
MEXICO - CHARLES IV
(14/12/1788-10/05/1808)
Charles IV (12/11/1748-19/01/1819) is the second son of Charles III and Marie-Amélie de Saxe. He married Marie-Louise de Parme (1751 -1819) in 1765. The royal family of Spain at the time was immortalized by Goya. He succeeded his father in 1788. It was Godoy, his favorite who in fact governed Spain with his wife. Returning to French orbit after 1795, he allied himself with Napoleon I and was defeated at Trafalgar. After the uprising of Aranjuez (March 1808), he abdicated in favor of his eldest son, Ferdinand VII, retracted, then entrusted his kingdom to Napoleon who installed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte there. Charles IV lived in exile in Compiègne, in Marseilles, then finally in Naples with his brother Ferdinand IV, king of the Two Sicilies where he died in 1819.
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