FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIII (1610-1643). Cast, François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières et connétable de France, by G. Dupré (unsigned) 1623 (old cast), Paris. Av. FRAN. A BONA D. DESDIGVIERES P. ET COMESTABILIS. Bust draped and cuirassed, with large strawberry, right, with the order of the Holy Spirit; below (date). Rv. GRADIENDO RO - BORE FLORET. Lesdiguières shield surrounded by the collars of the order of the Holy Spirit and the order of Saint Michael, surmounted by a ducal crown. Jones 56 - Mazerolle 691 ; Bronze - 27.7 g - 46.5 mm - 12 h Antique cast iron, with original hoop. Beautiful shiny brown patina. Superb. François de Bonne (Saint-Bonnet, 1543 - Valence, 1626), a small nobleman from the Dauphiné, had an extraordinary career. He became Constable of France, i.e. head of all the French armies, and gave a new face to the province of Dauphiné and its capital, Grenoble.