Today we will be investigating Bertrand de la Lande, a citizen of Bayonne and lord of the village of Gayon in Bearn. Bertrand was appointed mintmaster of the mints of Navarre and Bearn on November 30, 1589, a few months after King Henry III of Navarre became King Henry IV of France. Our Bertrand obtained a six-year loan agreement to Morlaas, Pau […]
Bertrand de la Lande, Navarrese Works of the Bayonne Mint Chief Read More »
A few weeks ago, I presented the collection of Navarrese coins that I had seen during a visit to the Staatliche Münzsammlung coin museum in Munich. The most unique of all the specimens in the museum, probably the only one known in the world, would be the joint medal of Joan III and Henry III mentioned by Adrien Blanchet. In his book „Histoire monétaire du Béarn“, published in 1893, Adrien Blanchet used the following drawing of the medal
Examining the Navarrese Medal of Munich Read More »
For a long time, a little over eight years now, I am a Basque living in the Munich area. A year ago, I lived a little further from the Bavarian capital, but now I have moved to the outskirts of Munich and, taking advantage of the end of the pandemic, we dare to take a walk in the city center. On the third Sunday of November 2022, we got off the train at Marienplatz station and walked to the Odeonplatz area with our family.
The Navarrese Collection of the Munich Coin Museum Read More »
As we saw in the section dedicated to the Navarrese livres of Henry III, the year 1584 was the last year of the minting of the Navarrese livres. The same year was also the first year of the minting of the quarter escudos minted in Donapala; at the same time that the minting of the livres and half escudos was ending, the minting of the quarter escudos began at Donapala. By order of King Henry III of France of November 28, 1577
1589, the Year of the Three Kings Read More »
In this blog dedicated to Basque coinage, we have not yet talked about Henry III. Today, we will talk about Henry's coinage, or rather about a short period of his coinage. There is much to talk about Henry's life; after being King of Navarre from 1572 to 1589, from that year he became King of France and Navarre. But being a Higanote,
The Liberes of Navarre under the Good King Henry III Read More »
It should already be known that the King of Aragon, called Ferdinand the Catholic, attacked and conquered the Kingdom of Navarre in July 1512. The attack was carried out with troops from the Kingdom of Castile, although we should call Ferdinand the usurper, since he was also the viceroy of his daughter Queen Juana in the Kingdom of Castile. Initially, Ferdinand forged a papal bull to justify his attack.
The Reflection of the Navarrese Problem in Coinage – Part 1 Read More »
