ST. URBAIN, Ferdinand de: Lorraine, ca. 1720, Bronze, 47 mm
Obv: Bust (r) IOHANNES. I. D. G. DVX. LOTH. ET. MARCHIO.
Rev: Bust (r) SOPHIA. VIRTEMBERG. DVCISSA. LOTH ET. MARCH.
Signed: SV.
Ref: From the Series of the Dukes and Duchesses of Lorraine. Forrer V, p.310 #36; Mirnik #19;  Weiss BW761

Jean I, Duc de Lorraine (1346-1390) was the son of Rudolf, Duc de Lorraine and Marie de Châtillon. Jean I, succeeded to the title of Duc de Lorraine in 1346. He married Sophie von Württemberg (1343-1369), daughter of Eberhard II Graf von Württemberg and Elisabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen, in 1361. Their children included Charles I (II), Duc de Lorraine and Frederick de Lorraine, Comte de Vaudémont.