Archduke Ernest of Austria was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. Born in Vienna, he was educated with his brother Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the court of Spain. In 1573 and 1587, he was a candidate for the throne of Poland.
Size 17.5 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1945
Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife Maria Theresa effectively executed the real powers of those positions. They were the founders of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty. From 1728 until 1737 he was Duke of Lorraine.
Size 13 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1947
Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777
Artist: F.Lippoldt
Date:
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1948
Imperial troop leader, born in 1511 in Aur an der Etsch, 1584 as mayor of Vienna. The son of a landsknecht and growing up without any schooling, F. chose a career as a soldier, was enlisted in the imperial occupation troops in Italy in 1530 and subsequently took part in the war against Francis 1 of France. Sent to the army in Hungary in 1540, he was wounded in a bloody but unsuccessful attack on Ofen and was taken prisoner by the Turks in a later battle. After he had freed himself again by paying a ransom, he came to this again in the Milanese war
Size 11 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1950
Anne Boleyn was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their marriage, and her execution by beheading, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1953
Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry’s elder brother, Arthur.
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1954
Charles son of Rudolf of Habsburg and Gertrude Anne of Hohenberg
Size 15 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1955
Henry IV, also known by the epithet Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.
Size 20 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1956
Count Ádám Forgách de Ghymes et Gács (Slovak: Adam Forgáč; 1601 – 10 June 1681) was a Hungarian soldier and magnate in the Kingdom of Hungary, who served as Judge Royal from 13 October 1670 until his death. He was the eldest son of Baron Zsigmond Forgách, Palatine of Hungary.
Size 17 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1957
Crown Guard, Chamber President, Croatian-Dalmatian and Slavonic Ban.
Artist: Mansfeld
Date:
Size 10 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1958