fjt_874170 - ANJOU - GENTRY Jean Eslye, maire d’Angers 1661
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Type : Jean Eslye, maire d’Angers
Date: 1661
Metal : red copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,44 g.
Edge : Lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IEAN. ESLYE. ESCER. MAIRE. DE. LA. VILLE. D'ANGERS.
Obverse description : Écu aux armes de Jean Eslye : d'argent, à une croix de gueules cantonnée de 4 roses de même.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DIVISAM. IVNXIMVS. VRBEM ; À L'EXERGUE : 1661.
Reverse description : Les deux ponts d'Angers réunissant les deux rives; au fond, la ville.
Reverse translation : Nous avons réuni la ville divisée.
Commentary
Les travaux de restauration des ponts, engagés par le maire précédent Michel Gohin, furent terminés sous le mairat de Jean Eslye.
Historical background
ANJOU - GENTRY
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Anjou was formed into a county in 878 for Ingelger, founder of the Angevin dynasty from which came the Plantagenets and the English kings from Henry II. In 1203, the county was confiscated but it was given by will to Charles of Anjou, brother of Saint Louis in 1246. Thereafter, the matrimonial alliances of the princes of Anjou allowed the house to reign in different places in Europe : Naples, Hungary, Tarente, etc. In 1328, Anjou was again united to the crown by Philippe VI of Valois but again became a duchy in 1360 for the second son of Jean le Bon. The last descendant of this family, King René, died in 1481 and Anjou was definitively attached to the Crown in 1482, even if the title was still carried by several princes of the blood, such as the future Philippe V of Spain..
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