Historical and Commemorative Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss

MATHIEU I DE LORRAINE, LE DÉBONNAIRE AND JUDITH BERTHA VON HOHENSTAUFEN

ST. URBAIN, Ferdinand de: Lorraine, ca. 1720, Bronze, 47 mm
Obv: Bust of Mathieu (l) MATTHAEVS. I. D. G. DVX. LOTH. ET. MARCHIO
Rev: Bust of Bertha of Sweden (l) BERTHA. SVEVA. DVCISSA. LOTH. ET MARCHION
Ref: From the Series of the Dukes and Duchesses of Lorraine. Forrer V, p.310 #26; Mirnik #9;  Weiss BW751

Mathieu de Lorraine, le Débonnaire (1119-1176) succeeded his father in 1138 as Mathieu I Duke of Lorraine. He married Judith Bertha von Hohenstaufen (1123-1195), daughter of Freidrich von Staufen, Duke of Swabia.

LINK to Dukes and Duchesses of Lorraine Family Tree (from wikipedia.com)

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