fjt_713716 - ANJOU - GENTRY Pour le duc d’Anjou Henri (futur Henri III) 1572
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Type : Pour le duc d’Anjou Henri (futur Henri III)
Date: 1572
Metal : brass
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,13 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : DEBELLANDIS. HOSTIBVS. GALLIAE. 1572.
Obverse description : Le duc à cheval, au pas à droite ; devant lui, un groupe de soldats debout.
Reverse
Reverse legend : HOSTIVM. VICTORVM. SPOLIA..
Reverse description : Trophée d’armes. A l’exergue, deux palmes.
Reverse translation : (Le ciel s'arme pour toi).
Commentary
Alexandre-Édouard fut duc d’Anjou entre 1566 et 1574. Il porta ensuite le prénom d’Henri et est le futur Henri III.
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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