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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8044900, member: 89314"]Italy SAVOY Carlo II Il Bono Testone n.d (1523-27) Bourg-en-Bresse (Borgo) mint</p><p><br /></p><p>The rev. motto NIL DEEST. TIMENTIBVS. DEVM (nothing is lacking for those who fear God) reflects Carlo's character as a pious duke, known as "The Good". His political situation was difficult during the Franco-Austrian war, as the brother-in-law of Emperor Charles V and the uncle of Kings Louis XII and François I, and he handled relations with them and other powers poorly. Between 1530 and 1536, after an incredible series of mistakes and defeats, Savoy and almost all of Piedmont were occupied by the French, Asti by the Spaniards, Vaud and Genevois by the Swiss and Nice was sacked by the French and the Turks. Most of his estates were lost. Only Nice and Vercelli remained loyal to him. After 1536 Carlo II took a new motto SPOLIATIS ARMA SVPERSVNT (Those who have been stripped have their weapons left). He died in Vercelli on 7 Aug. 1553.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1392620[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1392621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 8044900, member: 89314"]Italy SAVOY Carlo II Il Bono Testone n.d (1523-27) Bourg-en-Bresse (Borgo) mint The rev. motto NIL DEEST. TIMENTIBVS. DEVM (nothing is lacking for those who fear God) reflects Carlo's character as a pious duke, known as "The Good". His political situation was difficult during the Franco-Austrian war, as the brother-in-law of Emperor Charles V and the uncle of Kings Louis XII and François I, and he handled relations with them and other powers poorly. Between 1530 and 1536, after an incredible series of mistakes and defeats, Savoy and almost all of Piedmont were occupied by the French, Asti by the Spaniards, Vaud and Genevois by the Swiss and Nice was sacked by the French and the Turks. Most of his estates were lost. Only Nice and Vercelli remained loyal to him. After 1536 Carlo II took a new motto SPOLIATIS ARMA SVPERSVNT (Those who have been stripped have their weapons left). He died in Vercelli on 7 Aug. 1553. [ATTACH=full]1392620[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1392621[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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