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fjt_776357 - TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours 1785

TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours AU
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Type : Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière, maire de Tours
Date: 1785
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,26 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire superbe
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LUD. XVI. REX - CHRISTIANISS..
Obverse description : Tête à droite de Louis XVI ; sans signature.
Obverse translation : (Louis XVI, roi très chrétien).

Reverse


Reverse legend : MAIRIE DE MR. E. J. C. BENOIST DE LA GRANDIERE 1785.
Reverse description : Écu ovale aux armes de Tours dans un cartouche surmonté d'une couronne royale.

Commentary


Étienne-Jacques-Christophe Benoist de la Grandière est procureur du roi en la maîtrise des eaux et forêts de Touraine puis conseiller du roi au bailliage et siège présidial de Tours, ainsi qu’assesseur à la Maréchaussée générale de Touraine. C’est le fils de Louis Benoist de la Grandière, maire entre 1768 et 1771. Il est maire de 1780 à 1790.

Historical background


TOURAINE - GENTRY AND TOWNS

Region of the Turones Celts, Touraine has as main city Turones or Caesarodunum (Tours) under the Romans, of which it is the capital of Lyonnaise IIIe. After the Battle of Vouillé in 507, it passed to the Franks. It became county in the 10th century and the stake of a rivalry between the houses of Anjou and Blois. It was confiscated in 1203 from Jean sans Terre. It became the prerogative of many princes and ended up being attached to the Crown on the death of François d'Alençon in 1584. The city of Tours was one of the favorite residences of Charles VII and Louis XI. In 1870, it hosted the delegation of the National Defense government before being taken by the Bavarians in 1871..

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