fjt_779336 - TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Jeton Ar 30, Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours 1785
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Type : Jeton Ar 30, Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours
Date: 1785
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,99 g.
Edge : cannelée
Slab
NGC : AU 58
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LUD. XVI. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Louis XVI, drâpé ; au-dessous signature J. P. DROZ F..
Obverse translation : (Louis XVI, roi très chrétien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MAIRIE DE MR. E. J. C. BENOIST DE LA GRANDIERE 1785.
Reverse description : Écu ovale aux armes de Tours dans un cartouche surmonté d'une couronne royale.
Commentary
Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière est procureur du roi en la maîtrise des eaux et forêts de Touraine puis conseiller du roi au bailliage et siège présidial de Tours, ainsi qu’assesseur à la Maréchaussée générale de Touraine. C’est le fils de Louis Benoist de la Grandière, maire entre 1768 et 1771. Il est maire de 1780 à 1790.
Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière was the king's attorney for the water and forest management of Touraine, then a king's advisor to the bailiwick and presidial seat of Tours, as well as an assessor to the General Maréchaussée of Touraine. He was the son of Louis Benoist de la Grandière, mayor between 1768 and 1771. He was mayor from 1780 to 1790.
Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière was the king's attorney for the water and forest management of Touraine, then a king's advisor to the bailiwick and presidial seat of Tours, as well as an assessor to the General Maréchaussée of Touraine. He was the son of Louis Benoist de la Grandière, mayor between 1768 and 1771. He was mayor from 1780 to 1790.
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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