Live auction - fme_470871 - LORRAINE - CHARLES ALEXANDER OF LORRAINE Église Saint-Jacques de Coudenberg à Bruxelles
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 80 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 July 2024 17:22:50 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Église Saint-Jacques de Coudenberg à Bruxelles
Date: 1776
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 44,57 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver R. = Jacques II Röettiers (1698-1772)
Weight : 36 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine marron hétérogène. Présence de coups et rayures
Obverse
Obverse legend : CAROLUS. LOTHARING. DUX BELG. GUBERNAT..
Obverse description : Grand buste tête nue de Charles-Alexandre drapé et cuirassé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant avec le bijou et la plaque de l'ordre Teutonique ; signé R au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Charles duc de Lorraine gouverneur de Belgique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPIO. OPTIMO. / ET. PIISSIMO. / QUOD. / TEMPLI. CAUDENB / PRIMUM. LAPIDEM / POSUERIT // 17 JAN. 1776.
Reverse description : en six lignes et datation à l'exergue.
Reverse translation : Au meilleur et au plus pieux des princes qui a posé la première pierre de l'église de Coudenberg le 17 janvier 1776.
Commentary
Cette médaille commémore la pose de la première pièce de l'église Saint-Jacques de Coudenberg à Bruxelles en janvier 1776. Au droit de cette médaille, Charles-Alexandre porte le bijou et la plaque de l'Ordre Teutonique. Le droit est antérieur à 1772, année de la mort de Jacques Röettiers.
Historical background
LORRAINE - CHARLES ALEXANDER OF LORRAINE
(1712-1780)
Charles was the fourth son of Léopold de Lorraine and Charlotte d'Orléans. Brother of Francis I of Austria, he was governor of the Austrian Netherlands until his death. This medal commemorates his enthronement as Grand Master of the Catholic Teutonic Order on May 4, 1761. The Order was founded in 1190, during the Third Crusade at the instigation of Frederick Barbarossa. After Tannenberg (1466) and the loss of Prussia (1525), the Order is mainly honorary. Charles nevertheless takes the opportunity to recall his affiliation with Godefroy de Bouillon who was Duke of Lower Lorraine before leaving for the crusade. On the other hand, Godfrey was never king, but only confessed to the Holy Sepulcher (1099-1100). Charles of Lorraine can on the other hand claim this crown as a descendant of the Dukes of Lorraine by the family of Anjou.
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