LOUIS XVIII 1815-1824 - Lot 471

LOUIS XVIII 1815-1824 *LOUIS* XVIII* - *KING* OF* FRANCE*. Bust of the king left, crowned, with coronation mantle and collars. On edge of arm, Tiolier debossed. R/. Seven-line legend, S - A - R - MME DUCHESSE D'ANGOULÊME VISITE LA MONNAIE DE PARIS LE 25 AVRIL 1817. Embossed 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.