Hénault was born in Paris. His father, René Jean Rémy Hénault de Cantobre (1648–1737) a farmer-general of taxes, Ferme générale, was a man of literary tastes, and young Hénault obtained a good education at the Jesuit college, Lycée Louis-le-Grand. His mother was Françoise de Ponthon (died 1738)
Artist: Voyez
Date:
Size 18 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2112
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:
Size 14 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2113
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.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2115
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.
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2121
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
Date:
Size 22 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2123
Archduke Ernest of Austria was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2127
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
Date:
Size 20 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2129
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
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:2130
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
Size 15 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2132
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
Price £14.00
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