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1963, Luxembourg. Matte-Proof Silver 5 Francs "Countess Ermesinde" Coin. UNC!

Mint Year:  1963 Luxembourg. 5 Francs Reference:  KM-X#MA1.  Mint Place: Bruxelles (Belgium) Daimeter: 37mm Weight 25.24m Material: Silver

Obverse: Crowned and togate standing figure of Countess Ermesinde holding scepter within lozenge-shaped frame. Legend: + ERME + / + SINDIS +

Reverse: Shield with coat-of-arms of Luxembourg. Legend and an Legend: + COMITISSA LVCENBURGENSIS 1196-1247

Ermesinde (1186 – 12 February 1247), Countess of Luxembourg, reigned between 1197 and 1247. She was the only child of Count Henry IV and his second wife, Agnes of Guelders.

Prior to her birth, her aging father Henry had recognized his nephew, Count Baldwin V of Hainaut,   as his heir presumptive. However, the 72-year-old count fathered a   daughter, Ermesinde, who displaced Baldwin as heir presumptive.

Upon Henry's death in 1197, a war of succession inevitably took   place. At its end, it was decided that Count Henry's fiefs would be   split: Baldwin would have Namur, Ermesinde would have Durbuy and La   Roche, and Luxembourg would revert to their common liege, the Holy Roman   Emperor. Emperor Henry VI then gave the fief to his brother Otto.

Ermesinde was initially betrothed to Henry II of Champagne, but the engagement was cancelled in 1189. Instead her first husband was Theobald I of Bar (1158–1214). He successfully negotiated with Philip of Namur and his brother Baldwin for renunciation of Luxembourg, thus making Theobald and Ermesinde the Count and Countess of Luxembourg.

When Theobald died in 1214, Ermesinde married Waleran III, Count of Limburg (1180–1226), who would rule as the Count of Luxembourg. In 1223 Ermesinde and Waleran pressed their claim to Namur against Margrave Philip II, but were ultimately unsuccessful.

After Waleran's death, Ermesinde ruled Luxembourg alone for two decades.   She proved to be an effective administrator, granting charters of   freedom to several towns and increasing the prosperity of her country.

Legend has it that the Countess was one day walking in the area around her castle, near Eischen.   There she saw a woman coming down from a hill, who had in her arms a   child that was wrapped in sheepskin, on which was a black cross.

The Countess was convinced that this was the Virgin Mary, and   therefore planned the construction on this spot of the abbey that would   later become the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Clairefontaine. In her will she asked that she be buried at this location. The Abbey of Clairefontaine was in fact only built by her son, Henry V. After many years, the abbey was destroyed in the late 18th century by French troops.

The Jesuits then reconstructed a part of it from 1875 to 1877,   including the old chapel. During these works, the Jesuit monk Martin   Paul on 11 May 1875 found a gravestone, along with human remains. Next   to the skeleton was a plaque with the inscription: "Voici les precious   ossements de la très Illustre et Pieuse Princesse Ermesinde, Comtesse   Souveraine de Luxembourg et de Namur. Notre heureuse fondatrice que Dieu   Glorifie et sans fin Bénisse" (Here lie the precious remains of the   very Illustrious and Pious Princess Ermesinde, Sovereign Countess of   Luxembourg and Namur. Our founder whom God Glorifies and forever   Blesses") In 1747, shortly before the old abbey was destroyed by the   French, the nuns had hidden Ermesinde's remains here.

Currently, the remains are in the crypt of the chapel of Clairefontaine.

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