Maréchal de France

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1235. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $560. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Provincial. Bouillon. Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne. 1591-1623. AR Écu de 30 Sous (19.73 g, 6h). Dated 1614. Eagle facing, head right, with wings spread and shield on breast / Crowned coat-of-arms. Davenport 3817; KM 21. Good VF.

Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne was prince of the independent principality of Sedan, and is best known for his military prowess while serving under the French king Henry IV. A faithful adherent to the Huguenot cause, he was eventually made a maréchal de France. He was the father of Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, who Napoleon later called the greatest military leader in history.