Philip of Hochberg held Orange through his marriage to Marie de Baux, and his tenure as prince was largely defined by his simultaneous obligations as a Swiss confederate lord and a Burgundian client — loyalties that grew increasingly incompatible after the death of Charles the Bold in 1477. These billon deniers were struck in the narrow window before Philip ultimately ceded practical control of the principality, a jurisdiction he never fully consolidated.
Philip of Hochberg held Orange through his marriage to Marie de Baux, and his tenure as prince was largely defined by his simultaneous obligations as a Swiss confederate lord and a Burgundian client — loyalties that grew increasingly incompatible after the death of Charles the Bold in 1477. These billon deniers were struck in the narrow window before Philip ultimately ceded practical control of the principality, a jurisdiction he never fully consolidated.