SAVOIE - PHILIBERT II THE BEAUTIFUL and MARGUERITE OF AUSTRI - Lot 836

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SAVOIE - PHILIBERT II THE BEAUTIFUL and MARGUERITE OF AUSTRI - Lot 836
SAVOIE - PHILIBERT II THE BEAUTIFUL and MARGUERITE OF AUSTRIA Bronze medal with the coat of arms of the duke of Savoy and MARGUERITE, not dated (1502). (120 mm). Mazerolle, 30; Kress, 528; Jones, 16; TNG XX,4. Engraver: Jean Marende, silversmith of Bourg-en-Bresse. Hanging hole. Later casting. Retouched. Very nice. Philibert II, known as le Beau, born in the castle of Pont-d'Ain on April 10, 1480, died in the same place on September 10, 1504, duke of Savoy and prince of Piedmont from 1497 to 1504. Raised at the Court of France, he accompanied the king Charles VIII to the Campaign of Naples. He acquired the reputation of a good captain. On September 26, 1501, he married Marguerite of Austria, daughter of Maximilian of Habsburg and Marie of Burgundy, widow of the infant Jean of Castille. Philibert of Savoy died in 1504, at the age of 24. Marguerite then returned to the Netherlands, which she governed in the name of her nephew Charles V from 1507 to 1515, then from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was responsible for the beautiful church of Brou near Bourg-en-Bresse. Medal offered by the magistrate of Bourg-en-Bresse on the occasion of the joyful entry of the duchess of Savoy in 1502.
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