fjt_729497 - BÉARN - Gentry and Towns Charlotte d’Albret, comtesse de Foix 1565
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Type : Charlotte d’Albret, comtesse de Foix
Date: 1565
Metal : brass
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,78 g.
Obverse
Obverse legend : IANNE P LA G DE DIEV ROYNE D NAVAR.
Obverse description : Buste de Jeanne d'Albret..
Reverse
Reverse legend : POVR LA CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DE LA FERE 1565.
Reverse description : Ecu couronné en losange aux armes de Jeanne d'Albret, entouré d'une cordelière..
Reverse translation : Par la grâce de Dieu, je suis ce que je suis..
Historical background
BÉARN - Gentry and Towns
Around Pau, Béarn was part of Aquitaine in Antiquity. Invaded by the Visigoths and then by the Franks, Béarn was established as a viscountcy in 820. In 1290, the viscounty was united to the county of Foix by marriage and then passed to the Albrets and then to the Bourbons. Henri IV unites Béarn to the Crown in 1594. In 1620, Louis XIII will attach Béarn to the crown of France by the Edict of October 1620.
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