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Thaler - Charles of Lorraine as cardinal of Lorraine
| Issuer | Bishopric of Metz |
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| Year | 1557-1559 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ CAROLVS : CARDE : LOTHOR : SAC : IMP PRIN (Translation: Cardinal Charles of Lorraine, Prince of the Holy Empire.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Charles of Guise — Cardinal of Lorraine — held the Bishopric of Metz in commendam from 1550, meaning he drew its revenues without performing episcopal duties, a practice the Council of Trent was actively condemning during precisely these years. His political influence under Henri II made such appointments routine; at one point he held multiple major benefices simultaneously. The 1557–1559 window for this thaler coincides with the French crown's consolidation of Metz following its seizure from the Empire in 1552, giving this issue a charged jurisdictional ambiguity — struck in an imperial city under French military occupation, in the name of a French cardinal.