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Duchy of Montferrat, Ferdinando Gonzaga (1587-1613-1626)
Country: Montferrat (Italian states → Casale)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1626 (1621-1626)
Value: 1 Grosso (1⁄12)
Currency: Fiorino
Weight: 2.2 g.
Diameter: 21.5 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Metal: Billon
Grade: VG/F
Shape: Round (irregular)
Orientation: Variable alignment ↺
References: KM# 34, MIR# 334/3, Bignotti 56, CNI 45/46
Obverse:
Mount Olympus, with a spiral road leading to the summit, on which is an altar containing a knotted branch. On the sides of the mountain, three small trees on the left and three on the right; above, the motto FIDES surmounted by a crown, the whole within a folder decorated with scrolls and volutes. On the sides of the frame, G 3, for the value.
Titles of Duke Ferdinand around.
Lettering:
[G -] 3
[FIDES]
☩ FER[DINAN•] D• G• DVX [MAN]T• VI
Translation:
3 Grossi
Faith
Ferdinand, by the grace of God, sixth Duke de Mantua.
Reverse:
Crowned coat of arms of the Paleologus family with four betas, within a folder decorated with scrolls. On the sides, the date. Latin legend around.
Lettering:
ET• MONT[IS• FER]RATI• IV
16 - 26
Translation: and fourth Duke of Montferrat.
Edge:
Smooth.
Mint:
Casale, modern-day Casale Monferrato, Italy (1435)
Comments:
Ferdinand I Gonzaga (26 April 1587 – 29 October 1626) was Duke of Mantua and Duke of Montferrat from 1612 until his death.
Born in Mantua, he was the son of Vincenzo I and Eleonora de' Medici.
He was appointed a cardinal at the age of 20. A few years after his elder brother, Duke Francesco IV, died in 1612 without male heirs, he renounced the ecclesiastical career and succeeded his brother in both the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat.
In 1616 he secretly married Camilla Faà di Bruno, whom he divorced in the same year. Their son Francesco Giacinto Teodoro Giovanni Gonzaga, although accepted at court, was not made Ferdinando's heir. He died of the plague at the age of 14, during the 1630 siege of Mantua.[2] On 16 February 1617 Ferdinando married Caterina de' Medici (1593–1629), the daughter of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Ferdinand Gonzaga died in 1626. His younger brother Vincenzo II inherited the duchy.
Riferimento : KM# 34, MIR# 334/3, Bignotti 56, CNI 45/46
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Collezione : Italian States - Pre Risorgimento (1250-1861) & Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Republic (1946-date)