fwo_431661 - SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - CHARLES II OF SPAIN Duit 1696 Anvers
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Price : 50.00 €
Type : Duit
Date: 1696
Mint name / Town : Anvers
Quantity minted : 117852
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,35 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : .CAR - OL. II. D. G. - HISP. ET. - INDIARUM. - REX..
Obverse description : Croix formée de bâtons noueux, portant en cœur un briquet auquel est suspendu le bijou de la Toison d'or.
Obverse translation : (Charles II, par la grâce de Dieu, roi d'Espagne et des Indes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : .ARCH. AVS. DVX. BVRG. BRAB Z. 16-96.
Reverse description : Écu couronné.
Reverse translation : (Archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne et de Brabant, etc.).
Historical background
SPANISH NETHERLANDS - DUCHY OF BRABANT - CHARLES II OF SPAIN
(17/11/1665-1/11/1700)
Charles II (6/11/1661-1/11/1700) is the son of Philip IV of Spain and Marie-Anne of Austria. Last offspring of the Habsburgs of Spain and Austria, he has trouble standing up and suffers from many family flaws. He is king at the death of his father, at four years old, under the regency of his mother. He married Marie Louise d'Orléans (1662-1689), the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, the niece of Louis XIV. His reign marks the reduction of Spanish power and the loss of many provinces: Franche-Comté, French Flanders. Charles, the great patient of Europe, died in 1700 without a direct heir and instituted Philippe, Duke of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, as heir to the throne of Spain. This is the beginning of the War of Spanish Succession (1700-1713).
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