Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

Henri (II) de Rohan (1579-1638), "Prince of Scotland", soldier, writer and leader of the Huguenots, cast gilt-bronze medal, undated [? 1638], in the style of Guillaume Dupré, bust left with pointed beard, armour with lion shoulder-plate, mantle around, HENR ROH D FR PAR ARM REG MASC SOB NAV & SCOT PR, rev., a blasted oak from which grows a new tree, ET ADHVC SPES DVRAT AVORVM, 44mm (MI 280/86; BMC [Jones] II, 329; Maz II, 880; Trésor II, XV, 1), small integral suspension loop. Good very fine and rare, the gilding contemporary.

Rohan's claim to the title "Prince of Scotland" was through Mary, daughter of Francis I, Duc de Bretagne and Isabella Stuart, the daughter of James I of Scotland. On a visit to Scotland in October 1600, James VI chose him to be one of the god-parents of the young Prince Charles [later Charles I], who was born during his visit. In 1603 Rohan married Marguerite de Bethune, daughter of the Duc de Sully. He died of wounds at the Battle of Rheinfeld in 1638, whilst fighting for the Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

Provenance: The Michael Hall Collection, part III (lot 2021).