LOUIS XVIII 1815 - 1824 - Lot 277

LOUIS XVIII 1815 - 1824 *LOUIS* XVIII* - *KING* OF* FRANCE*. Bust of the king at left, crowned, with coronation mantle and and collars. On the edge of the arm, Tiolier embossed. R/. Seven-line legend, S - A - R - MME DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÈME VISITS THE PARIS MINT ON APRIL 25, 1817. Debossed edge, DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. ♦ Gad (1989) 615b Module de 5 francs argent 1817 Paris (24.81 g) Rare. Superb. Duchesse d'Angoulême. Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, known as "Madame Royale", was the first child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, born in 1799 after more than eight years of marriage. Her birth was eagerly awaited and hailed by the French people, with Te Deum being intoned in churches throughout the kingdom. Marie Thérèse was baptized on December 19, 1778, the day of her birth, in the chapel of the Château de Versailles by Louis de Rohan, Cardinal-Bishop of Strasbourg and Grand Chaplain of France. She died in 1824.