Jean Henri, the brother of Johann Adams, was an imperial lieutenant colonel and adjutant-general of Melchior von Hatzfeldt, allegedly a former Jesuit. The family came from Ensisheim.
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Size 6 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
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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
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László Rákóczi de Felsővadász 1633-1664
Born 29 Apr 1633 in Zborov, (formerly Zboró, Sáros, Hungary), Bardejov, Slovensko. Son of Pál (Rákóczi) Rákóczi de Felsővadász and Anna (Pethe) Pethe de Hethes
Size 5 x 10 cms
Price £14.00
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Hans Christoph III. von Puchheim 1605-1657
He was the son of Johann Christoph II of Puchheim zu Krumbach and Eva Susanna of Hofkirchen. He married Countess Polixena of Leiningen-Dagsburg.
Size 12 x 17.5 cms
Price £28.00
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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
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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
Jean Victor Marie Moreau 1763-1813
French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States. He is among the foremost French generals in military history.
Artist: Elisabeth G. Berhan
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Size 24 x 32 cms
Price £35.00
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Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1769-1824
Ferdinand was born in Florence, Tuscany, into the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the second son of Leopold, then Grand-Duke of Tuscany, and his wife, Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. Being the Grand Duchy a secundogeniture, when his father was elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand succeeded him as Grand Duke of Tuscany, officially taking the office on 22 July 1790.
Artist: Fietta
Date:1810
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2891
Maria Theresa Empress of Austria 1717-1780
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right). She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Holy Roman Empress.
Size 6.5 x 10.5 cms
Price £14.00
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Thomas Philip de Alsatia 1679-1759
Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d’Alsace named Cardinal d’Alsace (Brussels, 12 November 1679 – 5 January 1759), was a Cardinal and Archbishop of Mechelen, Belgium. He participated in four conclaves; during the conclave of 1758, in which he did not participate, he was Cardinal Protopriest.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2868