Live auction - bfe_582343 - ARDENNES - PRINCIPALITY OF ARCHES-CHARLEVILLE - CHARLES II GONZAGA Gigot ou demi-liard, imitation de Liège
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 313 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 17:48:46 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Gigot ou demi-liard, imitation de Liège
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Charleville
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire présentant une usure régulière. À noter, une cassure de coin à cinq heures au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROL. D. G. DVX. MANT..
Obverse description : Écu de Bavière timbré d’une couronne entre deux points.
Obverse translation : (Charles, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Mantoue).
Reverse
Reverse description : Trois écussons posés deux et un ; au-dessus une couronne entre deux points. Entre les écussons supérieurs, deux croisettes. Autour de l’écusson inférieur, les chiffres X - II.
Historical background
ARDENNES - PRINCIPALITY OF ARCHES-CHARLEVILLE - CHARLES II GONZAGA
(1637-1659)
Grandson of Charles I of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and builder of Charleville, Charles II was only seven years old when his grandfather died. His father Charles de Gonzague died in 1631 leaving him and a sister Éléonore who would marry Emperor Ferdinand III. It was his mother, Marie de Gonzague, daughter of François II and cousin of his father, who was regent. He married Isabelle-Claire, daughter of Archduke Leopold of Austria and Claude de Medici, in 1649, with whom he had only one son, Charles III Ferdinand. He made only short visits to Charleville, residing more often in Mantua or Paris. In 1659, he sold his duchies of Nevers, Rethel, Mayenne, etc. to Mazarin. and retained only the sovereign land of Arches with the city of Charleville. He died in 1665.
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