v09_0957 - BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Double denier

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS Double denier XF

MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 312.52 €

Type : Double denier

Date: c. 1341-1364

Metal : billon

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,21 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie frappée sur un flan assez large présentant une cassure à 4 heures. Haut relief au droit et au revers pour un type souvent très mal frappé. Patine noire avec de petites taches d'oxydation superficielle

Catalogue references :

Bd.- - B.- - PA.- - NP.- - Salaün-

Obverse

Obverse legend : (MOUCHETURE D'HERMINE) K KAROLLVS. DVX.

Obverse description : BRIT / AnIE, en deux lignes dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Charles, duc de Bretagne).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + MONETA (TRÈFLE) DVPLEX.

Reverse description : Croix latine pseudo-fleurdelisée.

Reverse translation : (Monnaie double).

Historical background

BRITTANY - DUCHY OF BRITTANY - CHARLES OF BLOIS

(1341-1364)

Charles de Blois (1319-1364) married Jeanne de Penthièvre, the daughter of Guy, brother of Jean III, last Duke of Brittany, who died in 1341. He claimed the duchy for his wife against Simon de Montfort (1341-1345), demi -brother of John III. The war began in 1341. He seized Rennes in 1342. Simon de Montfort died in 1345, his wife Jeanne de Flandre continued the fight for their son Jean IV de Montfort (1341-1399). Charles became Viscount of Limoges in 1344. After Crécy, he was captured and taken captive to England in 1347; he will only be released after the battle of Poitiers, leaving his two sons as hostages. After the Treaty of Brétigny in 1360, Jean II le Bon and Édouard III tried to reconcile the two parties at the meeting in Calais in 1362. It was a failure because of the two Joans (of Penthièvre and of Flanders). Charles was killed at the Battle of Auray on September 27, 1364.

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