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1 Ducat - Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt
| Issuer | Bishopric of Breslau |
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| Year | 1679-1682 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | FRID. D. G. C. LAND. HAS. EP. VRAT. |
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Frederick of Hesse-Darmstadt was appointed Bishop of Breslau in 1671 at the insistence of Emperor Leopold I, who needed a reliable Catholic administrator in a diocese still fractured by the confessional tensions of the post-Westphalian settlement. The appointment was contentious — Frederick was only in minor orders when named to the position, requiring a rapid clerical advancement that drew criticism from Rome. His tenure saw ongoing friction between the bishopric's traditional autonomy and Habsburg centralizing pressure in Silesia.
The two KM references reflect documented die variants across the four-year emission period rather than separate issues.