bfe_883543 - DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - HENRI DE MONTPENSIER Liard
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Price : 45.00 €
Type : Liard
Date: 1597
Mint name / Town : Trévoux
Metal : billon
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 0,95 g.
Edge : Lisse
Coments on the condition:
Liard frappé sur un flan un peu court et irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + H. P. DOMBAR. D. MONTISP. (MM)..
Obverse description : H couronnée entre trois lis posés 2 et 1.
Obverse translation : (Henri, prince de Dombes, duc de Montpensier).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DNS. ADIVTOR. MEVS. 1597.
Reverse description : Croix de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit.
Reverse translation : (Que le Seigneur me vienne en aide).
Historical background
DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - HENRI DE MONTPENSIER
(1592-1608)
The issuing of coins ceased in the Dombes on the death of Pierre II in 1503. The lordship of the Dombes was given to Louise de Savoie and attached to the kingdom after her death in 1531. In 1560, the king of France, François II, the restores to Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier, son of Louise de Montpensier, (+1561) sister of Charles the constable of Bourbon, and erects the seigniory of Trévoux into a principality. Minting resumed only under Louis II de Bourbon-Montpensier (1560-1582) to end very late, in the second half of the 17th century. The Bourbon-Montpensiers descend from Robert de Clermont, son of Saint-Louis. The Bourbon-Montpensier family will reign over the Dombes until the year 1693.
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