Live auction - bfe_949176 - MURBACH AND LURE - LEOPOLD WILLIAM OF AUSTRIA Kreuzer
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 540 € |
| Maximum bid : | 540 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 September 2024 17:58:35 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Kreuzer
Date: (1659-1662)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Guebwiller
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce kreuzer est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Patine grise. Quelques faiblesses de frappe
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection Jean-Marie Dubel
Obverse
Obverse legend : * LEOPOLD. GVIELM. D. G. ARCHD. A.
Obverse description : Buste de Léopold Guillaume, cuirassé et drapé à droite.
Obverse translation : (Léopold Guillaume, par la grâce de Dieu, archiduc d’Autriche).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * S. LEODEGARI. PATR. MVR. E. LVDER.
Reverse description : Écus d’Autriche et de Murbach et Lure accolés, sous une mitre et un bonnet archiducal.
Reverse translation : (Saint Léger, patron de Murbach et Lure).
Historical background
MURBACH AND LURE - LEOPOLD WILLIAM OF AUSTRIA
(1632-1662)
Leopold was the twelfth child of Archduke Charles and Mary of Bavaria; he was born in Graz in 1586. In 1598, he was appointed bishop of Passau in Bavaria, then nine years later he obtained the bishopric of Strasbourg. In 1614 he was appointed administrator of the abbey seat of Murbach and Lure. In 1619, Emperor Matthias appointed him Governor of the Upper and Lower Lands of Austria, with the title of Landgrave of Alsace, making him one of the most powerful princes of the House of Habsburg. In 1625, in order to ensure the continuity of the direct male line of the House of Habsburg, he left the ecclesiastical state by abandoning his bishoprics and abbeys but keeping his status as governor of Tyrol and Alsace. After obtaining a dispensation from Pope Urban VIII, he married on April 20, 1626, Claudia de' Medici, daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany. He died on September 13, 1632 in Schwaz (Tyrol).
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