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Louis IX 44eme Roi de France

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Date:

ca. 1837.

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

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Item ID number:

2850496

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National Medal Collection

Louis IX 44eme Roi de France
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Date(s):

ca. 1837.

Place:

France:

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze ; 069.85 gr
Support 0.000 x mm

Language of material:

French

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A bronze medal commemorating the life of Louis IX (also known as Saint Louis), King of France from 1226 until his death in 1270. In 1297, Pope Boniface VIII proclaimed Louis a saint, making him the only French monarch in history to be canonized.

The obverse side of the medal displays a bust of Louis IX by Armand Caqué.

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

Depicted: Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270

Louis IX, King of France, 1214-1270

Louis IX, roi de France, 1214-1270
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: LOUIS IX DIT SAINT LOUIS ROI DE FRANCE / 1837 / CAQUÉ, Inscription: reverse: LOUIS IX DIT SAINT LOUIS. / 44EME. ROI. / FILS DE LOUIS VIII. / NÉ 1215. / ROI 1226. / SOULÈVEMENT DE L'UNIVERSITÉ 1229. / ASSEMBLEE DES GRANDS DU ROYAUME / A ST. DENIS 1255. / . / BATAILLE DE TAILLEBOURG 1242. / CROISADE 1248. / CAPTIVITÉ ET DÉLIVRANCE DU ROI 1250. / RETOUR EN FRANCE 1254. / ASSEMBLÉE DES ETATS DU ROYAUME / A ABBEVILLE 1259. / HOPITAL DES QUINZE-VINGTS 1260 / PRAGMATIQUE SANCTION 1269 / NOUVELLE CROISADE 1270 / MORT 1270., Inscription: edge: mark CUIVRE, Inscription: attachment: no attachment

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C-049111 : obverse
C-049112 : reverse
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Kings and rulers France

Rois et souverains France

Portrait medallions France

Médaillons (Portraits) France
Source:

Private

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1986-079 X PIC
01144
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Medals 1144

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Copy negative C-049111--C-049112

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1986-79-1144

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