© CGB
© CGB
Jeton - Louis XIV - États de Bourgogne - Gilbert de Gadagne d’Hostun, élu de la noblesse 2nd type
1695 year| Copper | 10.25 g | 30.5 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| King | Louis XIV (1643-1715) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1695 |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 10.25 g |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#336808 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 100% |
Reverse
Altar on which a flame burns; date in the exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
⚘ VIVA ✱ ET ✱ PERENNIS ⚘
✱ 1695 ✱
Edge
Plain.
Comment
The House of Hostun is a dynasty originally from the Dauphiné. Two of its members, the lords Ragner and Matfred, are mentioned in the cartulary of Saint Barnard de Romans, in 1047. According to Rivoire de La Bâtie and especially Allard, the family's lineage is continuous from the 13th century onwards. Its first member was Lambert d'Hostun.The House of Gadagne (Guadagni or Gadagni in Italian) was a merchant family from Florence whose power began in the 14th century and disappeared at the end of the 16th century. Following an internal conflict in the Tuscan city, Cosimo the Elder's victory in 1434 led to a number of exiles, including that of the Gadagne family. One of them, Simon, had worked as a merchant in Geneva and Lyon. Simon de Gadagne was the first member of the family to settle in Lyon in the mid-15th century, bringing with him some of his children. His son Thomas I set up his own successful company here. Thomas II succeeded his uncle Thomas I at the head of the family business, before Guillaume took over from his father Thomas II. The union of Guillaume's daughter, Diane de Gadagne, with Antoine de la Baume d'Hostun, seigneur de Saint-Nazaire, on May 22, 1584 at Château de Bouthéon, created the Gadagne d'Hostun branch within the de la Baume family, when their eldest son, Balthazard, became Guillaume's universal heir.
The Gadagne d'Hostun family bore "Gules, a cross notched Or":
