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George I, (Jacobite) Escape of Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska from Innsbruck. Silver, struck
Medal 1719 by O. Hamerani. Diademed, ermine-mantled, and draped bust l. CLEMENTINA · M ·
BRITAN · FR · ET · HIB · REGINA. Rev. Clementina hurriedly departing in carriage l., Rome in the
distance. FORTVNAM · CAVSAMQVE · SEQVOR, I follow his fortune and his cause. and in two lines in
exergue, DECEPTIS · CVSTODIBVS ·/·MDCCXIX ·. The guards being deceived. 48mm., 47.70gm. (MI ii
444/49; Eimer 484; Woolf 36:1). Good Extremely Fine with toning iridescent lustre. £425-£625
On July 23, 1718, Clementina, the granddaughter of Polish king Jan III Sobieski, was betrothed to James Stuart,
the Old Pretender. George I, on learning of the marriage, immediately set to foiling his rival's plans. The reigning
king urged Emperor Charles VI to intercept the bride, who was proceeding with her retinue to Bologna. Despite
family ties with Maria, Charles complied, and the Polish princessl was imprisoned in Innsbruck Castle. James sent
his agent, Charles Wogan, to her rescue. By replacing Maria with a maid and abandoning most of her entourage,
Wogan and Maria managed to escape the castle. When she at last arrived in Bologna on 22 May 1719, James
was away in Spain. The couple was married by proxy. Following James' return, the couple lived for some time in
Rome, under the protection of the Pope, on whose order this medal was supposedly struck.
Medal 1719 by O. Hamerani. Diademed, ermine-mantled, and draped bust l. CLEMENTINA · M ·
BRITAN · FR · ET · HIB · REGINA. Rev. Clementina hurriedly departing in carriage l., Rome in the
distance. FORTVNAM · CAVSAMQVE · SEQVOR, I follow his fortune and his cause. and in two lines in
exergue, DECEPTIS · CVSTODIBVS ·/·MDCCXIX ·. The guards being deceived. 48mm., 47.70gm. (MI ii
444/49; Eimer 484; Woolf 36:1). Good Extremely Fine with toning iridescent lustre. £425-£625
On July 23, 1718, Clementina, the granddaughter of Polish king Jan III Sobieski, was betrothed to James Stuart,
the Old Pretender. George I, on learning of the marriage, immediately set to foiling his rival's plans. The reigning
king urged Emperor Charles VI to intercept the bride, who was proceeding with her retinue to Bologna. Despite
family ties with Maria, Charles complied, and the Polish princessl was imprisoned in Innsbruck Castle. James sent
his agent, Charles Wogan, to her rescue. By replacing Maria with a maid and abandoning most of her entourage,
Wogan and Maria managed to escape the castle. When she at last arrived in Bologna on 22 May 1719, James
was away in Spain. The couple was married by proxy. Following James' return, the couple lived for some time in
Rome, under the protection of the Pope, on whose order this medal was supposedly struck.