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Bela III king of Hungary 1148-1196

King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza’s wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Euphrosyne granted Béla a duchy, which included Croatia, central Dalmatia and possibly Sirmium.
Size 14 x 22 cms
Price £SOLD

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Emeric (Henry) king of Hungary 1174-1204

King of Hungary and Croatia between 1196 and 1204. In 1184, his father, Béla III of Hungary, ordered that he be crowned king, and appointed him as ruler of Croatia and Dalmatia around 1195.
Size 14 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly 1559-1632

Field marshal who commanded the Catholic League’s forces in the Thirty Years’ War. From 1620–31, he had an unmatched and demoralizing string of important victories against the Protestants, including White Mountain, Wimpfen, Höchst, Stadtlohn and the Conquest of the Palatinate
Size 17 x 25 cms
Price £28.00

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Dagobert Sigismund, Count von Wurmser 1724-1797

Fought for the French in the Seven Years War, then transferred to the Austrian service; Field Marshal in the Imperial Army; relieved the siege of Mantua in 1796 but was taken prisoner by Napoleon when the emperor retook the city the following year, dying in captivity.
Artist: Jacob Adam
Date:1796
Size 8.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503-1564

Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, king of Bohemia and Royal Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 1527 until his death in 1564. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Size 8.5 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1506-1664

Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, king of Bohemia and Royal Hungary from 1526, and king of Croatia from 1527 until his death in 1564. Before his accession, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the Habsburgs in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Size 6.5 x 11.5 cms
Price £14.00

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Johann Heinrich von Dünewald 1617-1691

Dünewald’s parents were Lorenz and Katharina von Dünewald. He was first in Swedish, later in imperial service. He distinguished himself in the Battle of St. Gotthard in 1664. He became a major general and was given command of a cuirassier regiment in 1670, which he was to lead for over twenty years. He later helped to defeat the French at Sasbach under Raimondo Montecuccoli and was therefore elevated to the rank of count by Emperor Leopold I in 1675 and became a general of the cavalry.
Size 14.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Otto Christoph Freiherr von Sparr 1599-1668

Otto Christoph Freiherr von Sparr was a Generalfeldmarschall of Brandenburg-Prussia. Sparr came from a noble family from the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He was born either in Lichterfelde near Eberswalde in 1599 or Prenden near Bernau in 1605. Sparr was an imperial officer during the Thirty Years’ War
Date:1668
Size 12.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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