Henry III (1572-1610)

Bertrand de la Lande, Navarrese Works of the Bayonne Mint Chief

Gaurkoan Bertrand de la Lande txanponetxeburuaz, baiondar hiritar eta Gayon Biarnoko herrixkaren jaunaz arituko gara ikerketan. Bertrand, Nafarroako eta Biarnoko txanponetxeen txanponetxeburu izendatu zuten 1589. urtearen azaroak 30.ean, hau da, Nafarroako Henrike III. erregea era berean Frantziako Henrike IV. errege izatera pasa eta hilabete gutxitara. Gure Bertrand-ek sei urtetako mailegu hitzarmena lortu zuen Morlaas, Pau […]

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1589, the Year of the Three Kings

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

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The Liberes of Navarre under the Good King Henry III

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,

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