FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Louis XIV (1643-1715). Medal, the Grand Dauphin and the Dauphine, by M. Molart ND (c.1690), Paris. Av. LVDOVICVS* F* DELPHINVS* LVD* MAG* FILIVS*. Bust of Louis of France, Grand Dauphin, right, draped and cuirassed; below, MOLART. F. Rv. MAR. ANN. CHRIST. VICT. LUD. DELPH. CONJUX. Bust on the right of Marie-Anne-Christine-Victoire of Bavaria, with a lace collar and her hair in an elaborate chignon with pearls. Forrer IV p.118 (illustrated); Bronze - 191 g - 73 mm - 12 h Period or slightly later stamp, without hallmark. Attractive brown patina. Two fine scratches on the right. Superb / Superbe à Fleur de coin. Monseigneur, son of the King, married Marie-Anne de Bavière, sister of the Elector of Bavaria, on 7 March 1680. The couple had several children, three of whom survived their parents: Louis de France (1682-1712), Duke of Burgundy; Philippe V (1683-1746), Duke of Anjou (King of Spain in 1700) and Charles de France (1686-1714), Duke of Berry. Unsuited to the French court and in poor health due to her pregnancies, the Dauphine died in 1690 at the age of 29.