Live auction - fwo_975150 - BELGIQUE - BRABANT - FRANÇOIS D’ALENÇON DUC D’ANJOU Demi-écu 1584 Anvers
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Live starting : Type : Demi-écu
Date: 1584
Mint name / Town : Anvers
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,48 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie de toute beauté frappée sur un flan large et plutôt irrégulier. De petites faiblesses sont à noter dans les légendes. Belle patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection L-M
Obverse
Obverse legend : FRAN. F. FRAN. FRA. VNIC. REG. D. G. DVX. BRA. (MAIN).
Obverse description : Buste de François tête nue à droite.
Obverse translation : (François, fils de France, frère unique du roi, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Brabant).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AETERNVM. MEDITANS. DECVS. 1584. .
Reverse description : Écu couronné de France cantonné de deux F.
Historical background
BELGIQUE - BRABANT - FRANÇOIS D’ALENÇON DUC D’ANJOU
(1581-1584)
François (first named Hercule) is the fourth son of Henri II and Catherine de Médicis. Brother of Henri III, he bore the title of Duke of Alençon and became the leader of the "politicians" favorable to an alliance with the Protestants. By the "peace of Monsieur" of May 6, 1576 he received Anjou, Touraine and Berry. In 1582, his intrigues with William of Orange enabled him to be proclaimed Duke of Brabant and Count of Flanders. On his death in 1584, the Duchy of Alençon was definitively united to the Crown.
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