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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 3707401, member: 89314"]Spain BARCELONA Louis XIV, King of France & Count of Barcelona (1643-52)</p><p><br /></p><p>Siege 10 Reales struck when French army besieged by Don Juan of Austria ( July 1651-13 Oct.1652).</p><p><br /></p><p>During the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), the French were able to take advantage of a Catalan revolt against Spain's King Philip IV and take control of much of Catalonia, with King Louis XIV ruling as Count of Barcelona. Eventually, the Catalans discovered that the French were even more overbearing than their former Spanish masters, and many switched their loyalty back to Madrid. The Spanish gradually reconquered Catalonia as the French, with problems elsewhere, withdrew their forces. The remnants of Catalan resistance and the depleted French forces in Barcelona surrendered to Spanish Habsburg forces in October 1652 after a 15 month siege.</p><p>During the siege and land and sea blockade by Don Juan of Austria (Philip IV's illegitimate son, the French commander Maréchal de la Mothe had this coin struck with a weight of only 330 centigrams compared to the 2320 centigram legal weight for 10 reales.</p><p>The Treaty of the Pyrenees (17 Nov. 1659) formally returned Catalonia to Philip IV, although the French retained Rousillon and part of the Cerdagne.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]993683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]993687[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 3707401, member: 89314"]Spain BARCELONA Louis XIV, King of France & Count of Barcelona (1643-52) Siege 10 Reales struck when French army besieged by Don Juan of Austria ( July 1651-13 Oct.1652). During the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659), the French were able to take advantage of a Catalan revolt against Spain's King Philip IV and take control of much of Catalonia, with King Louis XIV ruling as Count of Barcelona. Eventually, the Catalans discovered that the French were even more overbearing than their former Spanish masters, and many switched their loyalty back to Madrid. The Spanish gradually reconquered Catalonia as the French, with problems elsewhere, withdrew their forces. The remnants of Catalan resistance and the depleted French forces in Barcelona surrendered to Spanish Habsburg forces in October 1652 after a 15 month siege. During the siege and land and sea blockade by Don Juan of Austria (Philip IV's illegitimate son, the French commander Maréchal de la Mothe had this coin struck with a weight of only 330 centigrams compared to the 2320 centigram legal weight for 10 reales. The Treaty of the Pyrenees (17 Nov. 1659) formally returned Catalonia to Philip IV, although the French retained Rousillon and part of the Cerdagne. [ATTACH=full]993683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]993687[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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