Ottavio Piccolomini, 1st Duke of Amalfi was an Italian nobleman whose military career included service as a Spanish general and then as a field marshal of the Holy Roman Empire:
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Johann Heinrich von Dünewald 1617-1691
von 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. When Vienna was besieged by the Turks, he defended Krems and defeated a strong Turkish military detachment there. He then helped end the siege of Vienna and led the pursuit of the Turks after the Battle of Kahlenberg. At Párkány on October 9, 1683 and at the siege of Gran on October 24, 1683 he fought under Duke Charles V of Lorraine. Dünewald then led the Swabian auxiliary troops to the first in 1684.
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Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf 1596-1657
Charles II, Duke of Elbeuf was a French nobleman, the son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf, by his wife, Marguerite de Chabot. He succeeded his father in the Elbeuf dukedom (Elbœuf is an alternate, anglicized spelling) in 1605.
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Jozef Kaszyc 1794-1868 Юзаф Кашыц
Józef Kaszyc Napoleonic officer, judge, marshal of the Nowogródek district,
He came from a wealthy noble family of Kashytsy with the coat of arms “Radvan”. He was born in the estate of Zhovkin, Pinsk district, Minsk province, in the family of Michal Kashyts and Ruza from Kenevichy. During his childhood, the family moved to Navagrudsky District. Studied at a Dominican school in Navagrudek. In 1811 he entered the mathematics faculty of Vilnius University. On the side of the French, as part of the 17th lance regiment, he participated in the war of 1812. In 1812-1815 in emigration, from 1815 he settled in Navagrudsky District. In 1830, he was elected marshal of Novogrudok.
Artist: E.Desmaisom
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Ernest Archduke of Austria 1553-1595
Archduke Ernest of Austria was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain
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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503-1564
Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564. Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the Austrian hereditary lands of the House of Habsburg in the name of his elder brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
Artist: Jo.Bercking
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György Klapka (Klapka György) 1820-1892
György Klapka was a Hungarian general. He was one of the most important Hungarian generals of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848–1849, politician, member of the Hungarian Parliament, and deputy War Minister
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor 1747-1792
Leopold II was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790.
Date:1790
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Carl V, Duke of Lorraine 1643-1690
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697.
Date:1689
Size 8.5 x 14.5 cms
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Albert I, Holy Roman emperor 1250-1308
Albert I, c. 1250–1308, Holy Roman Emperor (1298–1308), son of Rudolf I. Albert was invested with Austria and Styria in 1282 by his father, who also hoped to secure the succession as king of the Germans for Albert.
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