A member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1330, as well as Duke of Carinthia from 1335 until his death. He ruled jointly with his elder brother Duke Albert II.
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2887
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Louis XVI, 1754-1793 Flight to Varennes
The royal Flight to Varennes ( Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris to Montmédy, where the King wished to initiate a counter-revolution by joining up with royalist troops. They escaped as far as the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested after being recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould.
Size 16 x 11 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:2875
Franz Anton von Harrach 1665-1727
Franz Anton von Harrach zu Rorau was appointed coadjutor of Vienna and Titular Bishop of Epiphania in Syria in 1701, was from 1702 to 1705 Prince-Bishop of Vienna, 1705 coadjutor of Salzburg, and ruled from 1709 to 1727. He was considered one of the most notable Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2867
Alessandro Falconieri 1657-1734
He was born on 8 February 1657, into the noble Falconieri family, son of Paolo Francesco and Vittoria del Bufalo. Pope Benedict XIII elevated him to the rank of cardinal of the title of Santa Maria della Scala in the consistory of 11 September 1724. He died on 26 January 1734 at the age of 77.
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2865
Pope Clement XIV 1705-1774
Pope Clement XIV, born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 May 1769 to his death in September 1774. At the time of his election, he was the only Franciscan friar in the College of Cardinals, having been a member of OFM Conventual.
Artist: Petreir
Date:
Size 11.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2890
Johann VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. 1621-1667
John succeeded his father in Anhalt-Zerbst, which was politically unstable during the Thirty Years War, at only four months of age. John made Lutheranism the official religion of Zerbst
Artist: M.B.
Date:
Size 22 x 33 cms
Price £35.00
Ref:2946
Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma 1524-1586
Born in Valentano, Ottavio was the second son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (eldest son of Pope Paul III) by his wife Gerolama Orsini. Ottavio’s brother was Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2872
Emilie of Promnitz-Pless 1708-1732
Countess Christine Johanna Emilie of Promnitz-Pless was born in Żary, to Erdmann II, Count of Promnitz and Anna Maria of Saxe-Weissenfels, the daughter of Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels and Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg.
In 1726, she married Prince Augustus Louis of Anhalt-Köthen in Żary.
Size 17 x 29 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2923
Joseph Justus Scaliger 1540-1609
Joseph Justus Scaliger was a French religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and ancient Egyptian history. He spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands
Size 4 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1943
Sigismund Keglević Buzinski (b. – 1662)
The House of Keglević or Keglevich is a Croatian noble family originally from Northern Dalmatia, whose members were prominent public citizens and military officers. As experienced warriors, they actively participated in the Croatian–Ottoman and Ottoman–Hungarian wars, as well as were patrons of the arts and holders of the rights of patronage over churches and parishes.
Size 6 x 9 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2900