Flanders coins catalog
County of Flanders (862-1794)
Grosch
Louis II de Maele (1346-1384)
Louis inherited Flanders after his father's
death at the Battle of Cressy. Father - Louis of Nevers, was the
Count of Flanders only nominally. In 1339 he was expelled by the
rebel townspeople, because... A meeting of openly pro-French
policies, as opposed to the interests of local burghers. Louis
managed to gain a foothold in Ghent only in 1348.
Taught by bitter experience, he remained neutral in the Hundred
Years' War, focusing on the borders of the surrounding cities,
of which Bruges became respected.
However, the end of his reign was marked by another uprising of
the Ghent weavers, to suppress which it was necessary to resort
to the help of the French army.
Grosch no date
silver
LVDOVIC COMES / SIT NOME DNI BENEDICTVM
MONETA FLAND
Value - 50-60 USD
Philip II the Bold duke of Burgundy (1384-1404)
Philip (1342-1404) fourth son of King John
II of France. At the Battle of Poitiers (1356, at the age of 14)
he was the only one who did not leave his father and followed
him into captivity. In 1361, his father gave him the Duchy of
Burgundy, inherited from Philip I of Rouvres, who died
childless. Flanders went to him after the death of the previous
Count Louis of Male, since Philip was the husband of his
daughter Margaret.
After the death of his elder brother, King Charles V, Philip the
Bold, along with his other brothers, actually ruled France under
the young Charles VI. In 1388, the king handed over the reins of
power to another court group, but after his next attack of
madness (1392), his uncles regained power.
The death of Philip the Bold upset the existing balance and
marked the beginning of the war between the Armagnacs and the
Bourguignons.
Double grosch no date (1389)
silver
SIT NOME DOMINI BENEDICTVM
PHILIPP DEI G DX BVRG COM FLAND
Value - 80-100 USD
John the Fearless duke of Burgundy (1404-1419)
John (Jean) (1371-1419) son of Philip II. He
received his nickname in the battle of Nicopolis (1396), where
he was the head of the French crusaders who helped King
Sigismund of Hungary in the fight against the Turks.
After the death of his father, he fought for influence on the
insane Charles VI with the king's brother, Duke Louis of
Orleans. In 1407, Louis was killed in Paris at the instigation
of Jean of Burgundy, who had to flee the city. Louis's place was
taken by his father-in-law Bernard d'Armagnac. In 1409, the
Treaty of Charts was concluded between the Armagnacs and
Bourguignons, according to which the king pardoned the duke. The
civil war, however, continued, escalating from minor clashes
into real battles. The head of the opponents of the Duke of
Burgundy gradually became the heir to power of the mad king -
the future Charles VII. In 1418, the Bourguillons captured Paris
and carried out a massacre of Armagnac supporters, in which
Constable d'Armagnac himself was killed. The Dauphin managed to
escape. The Duke fortified himself in the capital, declaring
himself the “protector of the king.” In 1419, a meeting was
scheduled between the Dauphin and the Duke in Monfero, in the
middle of the bridge. There, the Duke was killed by people from
the retinue of Charles VII, and received the same wounds and
with the same weapons that Louis of Orleans 12 years ago.
Double grosch no date (1409)
silver
MONETA NOVA COMETIS FLANDRIE
IOHS DVX BVRG COMES FLANDRIE
Value - 80-100 USD
Philip III the Good duke of Burgundy (1419-1467)
Philip (1396-1467) - eldest son of Jean the
Fearless. Having accused the Dauphin Charles of his father's
death (not without reason, it must be said), Philip, in 1420,
entered into an agreement with the King of England Henry V,
according to which Henry became the heir of the insane Charles
VI, and Philip his governor in France. However, after 2 years,
it was not the sickly Charles VI who died, but the vigorous and
healthy Henry V. Formally, the treaty continued in effect and
the young Henry VI became the heir to the King of France, but
this was a completely different situation... The energetic
Dauphin gradually conquered city after city from the British .
Philip, however, did not take an active part in the hostilities,
preferring to quietly annex nearby territories to his
possessions. Finally, in 1435, the Duke recognized Charles VII
as King of France. In 1440, Philip supported the Dauphin Louis
in his fight against Charles VII (Prageria's uprising).
It should be noted that the nickname “the Good” does not at all
indicate the duke’s good nature or mercy. In those days, this
definition meant rather “exemplary,” in the sense of “a
model of a knight.” Well, sort of like a “good warrior”.
Double grosch no date
silver
MONETA NOVA COMITIS FLAND
PHS DEI GRA DVX BVRG Z COMES FLAND
Value - 80-100 USD
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