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Louis II 27eme Roi de France

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Date:

ca. 1839.

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

2850466

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National Medal Collection

Louis II 27eme Roi de France
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

ca. 1839.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 070.79 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal commemorating the life of Louis II (or Louis the Stammerer), King of Aquitaine and West Francia (877-879).

The obverse side of this medal displays a bust of Louis II by Armand Caqué.

The reverse side of this medal is engraved with a short history of Louis II.
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Artist: Caqué, Armand, 1793-1881

Depicted: Louis II, King of France, 846-879

Louis II, King of France, 846-879

Louis II, roi des Francs, 846-879
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General note:

It should be noted that there is another Louis II who reigned as Holy Roman Emperor from 844 to his death in 875. He is known as Louis of Italy and is the son of Lothair I, uncle to Louis the Stammerer.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: LOUIS II DIT LE BÈGUE ROI DE FRANCE / 1839 / CAQUÉ. F., Inscription: reverse: LOUIS II DIT LE BÈGUE. / 27EME. ROI. / FILS DE CHARLES LE CHAUVE. / NÉ 846. / ROI 877. / DISTRIBUTION / DES TRÉSORS DE CHARLES LE CHAUVE 877. / DONATIONS DE FIEFS / A TITRE HÉRÉDITAIRE 877. / RÉCEPTION DU PAPE JEAN VIII 878. / CONCILE DE TROYES / RENOUVELLEMENT PAR LE PAPE / DU COURONNEMENT DU ROI 878. / REPRESSION / DES COURSES DES NORMANDS / 879. / MORT 879., Inscription: edge: mark CUIVRE, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-049079 : obverse
C-049080 : reverse
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Kings and rulers France

Rois et souverains France

Portrait medallions France

Médaillons (Portraits) France
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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1986-079 X PIC
01127
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Medals 1127

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Copy negative C-049079--C-049080

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1127

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