ST. URBAIN, Ferdinand de: Lorraine, ca. 1720, Bronze, 47 mm
Obv: Bust (r) FRANC. II. D. G. DVX. LOTH. MARCH. D. C. B. G.
Rev: Bust (l) CHRISTINA. A. SALMIS. LOTH. C. B. G. DVCISSA
Ref: From the Series of the Dukes and Duchesses of Lorraine. Forrer V, p.310 #50; Mirnik #32

Duke Francois II de Lorraine was born in 1572 in Nancy, France. He became Duke of Lorraine in 1625 and died in 1632. He married Countess Christine Katharine of Salm in 1597.

Countess Christine Katharine of Salm was born in 1575 in Salm, France. She died in 1637.