1609 AD., France, Henri IV and Louis, Dauphin, Jeton, F. 11126.

France, Henri IV and Louis, Dauphin (futur Louis XIII), 1609 AD.,
Jeton de compte / Counter (27-26 mm / 5,13 g), brass, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: quartered shield of France and the Dauphiné, in two quarters a dolphin turned right, 3 lilies in each of the others, surmounted by a crown composed of lilies and alternate florets, surrounded by two laurel branches - Écu écartelé de France et de Dauphiné, les dauphins tournés à droite, timbré d’une couronne composé de fleurs de lys et de fleurons alternés, le tout entouré de deux branches de laurier.
Rev.: ·GALLIARVM·SECVRITAS· / ·1609· , ("la sécurité des Gaules" or "La sécurité de la France") , Henri IV between his sons: the futur Louis XIII and his brother Gaston - le roi entre le Dauphin Louis et Gaston, le due d' Orleans. Personnage debout (Henri IV) tient deux enfants par la main, le dauphin Louis et son frère Gaston.
F. 11126 ; Ro. 41 ; DLT. - .

Louis, Dauphin (the future king Louis XIII of France) became king after the assassination of Henri IV May 14, 1610 and was consecrated October 17, 1610. Born at the Château de Fontainebleau, Louis XIII was the oldest child of King Henry IV of France and his second wife Marie de' Medici. As son of the king, he was a Fils de France ("son of France"), and as the eldest son, Dauphin of France. His father Henry IV was the first French king of the House of Bourbon, having succeeded his ninth cousin, Henry III of France (1574–1589), in application of Salic law. Louis XIII's paternal grandparents were Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, and Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre. His maternal grandparents were Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Johanna, archduchess of Austria. Eleonora de' Medici, his maternal aunt, was his godmother. Louis XIII (27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged to the French crown.
Louis succeeded his father Henry IV as king of France a few months before his ninth birthday. His mother, Marie de' Medici, acted as regent during Louis's minority. Mismanagement of the kingdom and ceaseless political intrigues by Marie de' Medici and her Italian favourites led the young king to take power in 1617 by exiling his mother and executing her followers, including Concino Concini, the most influential Italian at the French court.
Louis XIII, taciturn and suspicious, relied heavily on his Prime Minister Cardinal Richelieu to govern the kingdom of France. They are remembered for the establishment of the Académie française and for putting an end to the revolt of the French nobility. The reign of Louis "the Just" was also marked by the struggles against Huguenots and Habsburg Spain.
France's greatest victory in the conflicts against the Habsburg Empire during the period 1635-59 came at the Battle of Rocroi (1643), five days after Louis's death, apparently from complications of intestinal tuberculosis. This battle marked the end of Spain's military ascendancy in Europe and foreshadowed French dominance in Europe under Louis XIV, his son and successor.