Live auction - bfe_686427 - DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - GASTON OF ORLEANS Écu d'or au soleil
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| Estimate : | 4 800 € |
| Price : | 3 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 September 2021 18:00:46 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Écu d'or au soleil
Date: 1641
Mint name / Town : Trévoux
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 958 ‰
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 3,37 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Cet écu d’or est frappé sur un flan large, régulier et très légèrement voilé. Quelques motifs apparaissent en négatif sur la face opposée. Reliefs nets avec de légères hairlines dans les champs dûes à un ancien nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Claoué, vente Crédit de la Bourse, 26-28 avril 1993, n° 1304, de la collection C. R. de B., vente Vinchon du 6 novembre 2001, n° 429 et de la collection Yves Caille
Obverse
Obverse legend : + GASTO. FR. VN. REG. VSVFR. PRIN. DOMB. G.
Obverse description : Écu couronné avec trois lis posés 2 et 1 sous un lambel.
Obverse translation : (Gaston, frère unique du roi, usufruitier, prince de Dombes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + DOMINVS. ADIVTOR. ET. REDEM. ME. 1641.
Reverse description : Croix anillée, fleurdelisée avec une rose en cœur.
Reverse translation : (Le Seigneur est mon soutien et mon rédempteur).
Historical background
DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY OF DOMBES - GASTON OF ORLEANS
(1628-1657)
Gaston (1608-1660) is the third son of Henri IV and Marie de Médicis. He received the title of Duke of Orleans after the death of his brother Nicolas in 1611.. He was engaged the same year to the daughter of Duke Henri de Bourbon-Montpensier whom he married in 1626.. She died in 1627 giving birth to a little girl, Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans (1627-1693), the future Grande Mademoiselle. Gaston is usufructuary for his daughter until the period 1650-1657. He's a born conspirator. He first supports his mother, of whom he is the favorite son, against his brother Louis XIII. He returned to grace in 1625, but still participated in the Day of the Dupes in 1630. He was forced to leave the kingdom, took refuge in Lorraine and plotted with Duke Charles IV, whose sister he married, Marguerite de Lorraine (1615-1672), in 1632 and with whom he had three daughters.. Louis XIII invades Lorraine and breaks this marriage. At the end of the reign of Louis XIII, he reconciled with his brother after the death of Richelieu. After the death of Louis XIII, he will be one of the main actors of the Fronde between 1645 and 1654. He returned to grace after 1657, returned the Dombes to his daughter and died in 1660, leaving his collections to his nephew, Louis XIV..
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