HENRI IV 1553-1589-1610 and MARIE DE MEDICIS 1575-1642 - Lot 845

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HENRI IV 1553-1589-1610 and MARIE DE MEDICIS 1575-1642 - Lot 845
HENRI IV 1553-1589-1610 and MARIE DE MEDICIS 1575-1642 Gilt bronze medal (period), 1601-1602 (46 mm). Mazerolle 634. Engraver : Guillaume Dupré. Traces of a bélière. Cleaned blanks. Two beautiful portraits. T.B. Henri IV, known as the great, was born in the castle of Pau on December 13, 1553, son of Antoine de Bourbon and Jeanne d'Albret. He ascended to the throne of Navarre on June 9, 1572 as Henry III and to the throne of France on August 2, 1589 as Henry IV until his death. He converted to Catholicism on July 25, 1593. He had two wives, Marguerite de Valois, sister of Charles IX and Marie de Médicis. The queen was crowned in Saint-Denis on May 13, 1610 and the next day, the king was assassinated in his carriage by Ravaillac.
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