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1620-1629 France Feudal Domes Princess Marie Bourbon-Montpensier Double Tounrois

This product data sheet is originally written in English.


OBVERSE

Obverse legend : + MARIE. SOVVER. DE. DOMBES..
Obverse description : Buste habille a gauche de Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier portant une large collerette.
Obverse translation : (Marie, souveraine de Dombes).

REVERSE

Reverse legend : + DOVBLE. TOVRNOIS. 1626.
Reverse description : Trois lis poses 2 et 1, une brisure au centre (Bourbon).

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY DOMBES - MARIE DE BOURBON-MONTPENSIER

(27/02/1608-29/05/1627) 

Mary, only daughter of Henri de Dombes and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, was born October 15, 1605. Because of his fortune, Henry IV signed a marriage with her second son, Nicolas Duc d'Orleans, when she was older than three years. Nicolas died in 1611 so that Marie de Medici offered his son Gaston, Duke of Anjou. The union of Gaston and Mary took place in Nantes August 5, 1626. She gave birth to a daughter May 29, 1627 but died after her confinement since June 4, leaving the usufruct of the principality of Dombes her husband Gaston, brother of King Louis XIII of France.


Obverse description : Buste habille a gauche de Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier portant une large collerette. Reverse description : Trois lis poses 2 et 1, une brisure au centre (Bourbon). DOMBES - PRINCIPALITY DOMBES - MARIE DE BOURBON-MONTPENSIER Mary, only daughter of Henri de Dombes and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse, was born October 15, 1605. Because of his fortune, Henry IV signed a marriage with her second son, Nicolas Duc d'Orleans, when she was older than three years. Nicolas died in 1611 so that Marie de Medici offered his son Gaston, Duke of Anjou. The union of Gaston and Mary took place in Nantes August 5, 1626. She gave birth to a daughter May 29, 1627 but died after her confinement since June 4, leaving the usufruct of the principality of Dombes her husband Gaston, brother of K
KM Number 24
Certification Uncertified
Color BN
Year 1620-1629
Country/Region of Manufacture France
Denomination 2 Deniers
Grade Ungraded
Fineness N/A
Circulated/Uncirculated Circulated
Modified Item No
Composition Copper