4 Mites - François d'Alençon, Ghent Revolt

François d'Alençon — younger brother of Henri III of France — accepted the lordship of the Low Countries in 1581 under the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe, the Act of Abjuration that formally deposed Philip II. Ghent had been a flashpoint for radical Calvinist politics throughout the revolt, and coinage issued in his name from that city carried immediate political weight. His tenure collapsed spectacularly in 1583 after the "French Fury" at Antwerp, when his troops attempted a coup and were massacred in the streets.

The Martiny G3#170 attribution places this among a tightly documented series from a genuinely short-lived issuing authority.