fjt_1043391 - TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Louis Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours 1769
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Type : Louis Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours
Date: 1769
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,34 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Traces d’un léger nettoyage, aspect irisé. Quelques coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XV. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste lauré à droite de Louis XV ; au-dessous signature B. DUVIV..
Obverse translation : (Louis XV, roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAIRIE DE MR. BENOIST DE LA GRANDIERE 1769.
Reverse description : Écu ovale aux armes de Tours dans un cartouche surmonté d'une couronne royale.
Commentary
Louis Benoist de la Grandière est conseiller du roi et assesseur en la maréchaussée de Touraine. Il est maire de Tours de 1768 à 1771. Ses armes portent d’azur, à la cloche d’argent bataillée de sable, accostée de deux étoiles d’argent, au chef de sable.
Louis Benoist de la Grandière was a king's advisor and assessor in the Touraine constabulary. He was mayor of Tours from 1768 to 1771. His coat of arms was azure, with a silver bell battled sable, flanked by two silver stars, with a chief sable.
Louis Benoist de la Grandière was a king's advisor and assessor in the Touraine constabulary. He was mayor of Tours from 1768 to 1771. His coat of arms was azure, with a silver bell battled sable, flanked by two silver stars, with a chief sable.
Historical background
TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS
Region of the Turones Celts, Touraine has as main city Turones or Caesarodunum (Tours) under the Romans, of which it is the capital of Lyonnaise IIIe. After the Battle of Vouillé in 507, it passed to the Franks. It became county in the 10th century and the stake of a rivalry between the houses of Anjou and Blois. It was confiscated in 1203 from Jean sans Terre. It became the prerogative of many princes and ended up being attached to the Crown on the death of François d'Alençon in 1584. The city of Tours was one of the favorite residences of Charles VII and Louis XI. In 1870, it hosted the delegation of the National Defense government before being taken by the Bavarians in 1871..
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