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SAVOIE - EMMANUEL PHILIBERT known as "Iron Head August 17, 1553 - August 30, 1580 EM - FILIB - DG - DVX - SABAUDIE. Crowned shield bearing the Savoy shield in the heart. R/. (sun) INTE - DOMINE - CONFIDO 1579 E.D. "It is in you, Lord, that I place my trust". Cross of Saint Maurice cantoned with F-E-R-T ♦ Fr 1039B; MIR Savoie 497 Gold Scudo with Sun 1579 B = Bourg en Bresse (3.33 g) Rare. Irregular flan. Very handsome. Emmanuel Philibert (1528-1580), born in Chambéry on July 8, 1528, was the son of Charles II and Beatrice of Portugal. Between 1541 and 1553, he lived in exile. Charles V appointed him governor of Flanders in 1551, and he succeeded his father in 1553. Since his mother's death in 1538, he had been Count of Asti, but in fact owned only Nice. Under the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis on April 3, 1559, he regained his states and married Marguerite de France, Henri II's sister. He died on August 30, 1580, and was succeeded by his son Charles-Emmanuel I (1580-1630).
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SAVOIE - EMMANUEL PHILIBERT known as "Iron Head August 17, 1553 - August 30, 1580 EM - FILIB - DG - DVX - SABAUDIE. Crowned shield bearing the Savoy shield in the heart. R/. (sun) INTE - DOMINE - CONFIDO 1579 E.D. "It is in you, Lord, that I place my trust". Cross of Saint Maurice cantoned with F-E-R-T ♦ Fr 1039B; MIR Savoie 497 Gold Scudo with Sun 1579 B = Bourg en Bresse (3.33 g) Rare. Irregular flan. Very handsome. Emmanuel Philibert (1528-1580), born in Chambéry on July 8, 1528, was the son of Charles II and Beatrice of Portugal. Between 1541 and 1553, he lived in exile. Charles V appointed him governor of Flanders in 1551, and he succeeded his father in 1553. Since his mother's death in 1538, he had been Count of Asti, but in fact owned only Nice. Under the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis on April 3, 1559, he regained his states and married Marguerite de France, Henri II's sister. He died on August 30, 1580, and was succeeded by his son Charles-Emmanuel I (1580-1630).
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