bfe_745572 - NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRY III Franc
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Type : Franc
Date: 1581
Mint name / Town : Pau
Metal : silver
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 13,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Ce franc est frappé sur un flan large et légèrement irrégulier. Exemplaire tréflé au droit comme au revers et recouvert d’une légère patine grise hétérogène
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Exemplaire provenant de la collection Marinèche
Obverse
Obverse legend : (FLEURON À TROIS PÉTALES) HENRICVS. II. D. G. REX. NAVARRAE. (D ET B LIÉS) (GLAND), (LÉGENDE COMMENÇANT À 6 HEURES).
Obverse description : Grand buste de Henri III de Navarre lauré et cuirassé à droite avec le petit col gaufré, l'armure ornée d'un masque de lion ; sous le buste, vache à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Henri II, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de Navarre, seigneur de Béarn).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (FLEURON À QUATRE PÉTALES) (GLAND) GRATIA. DEI. SVM. ID. QVOD. SVM. 1581.
Reverse description : Croix formée de quatre fleurons et cantonnée de quatre H couronnées.
Reverse translation : (Grâce à Dieu, je suis ce que je suis).
Historical background
NAVARRE - KINGDOM OF NAVARRE - HENRY III
(1572-1589)
Henri de Navarre (1553-1610), grandson of Henri d'Albret, was the son of Antoine de Bourbon and Queen Jeanne de Navarre. The child is brought up in the Reformed denomination by his mother. His father died at the siege of Rouen in 1562 and his mother on June 4, 1572 just before the marriage of Henri and Marguerite de Navarre (1553-1615), on August 18, 1572. The young Henri escaped the massacre of Saint-Barthélemy , August 24, but remained a prisoner at the Court of France until February 1576. Henri fled, became the leader of the Protestant party, then heir to the throne after the death of François. Henry III was assassinated on August 2 and Henry III of Navarre (II of Béarn) became Henry IV of France. He will still take ten years to conquer his kingdom before the Edict of Nantes of April 13, 1598 which puts an end to the Wars of Religion.
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