Claude de Lorraine, also called Claude de Guise, was a French noble and husband of Marie de Rohan. He was the Duke of Chevreuse, a title which is today used by the Duke of Luynes.
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Size 6.5 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2430
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578-1637
Ferdinand II, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, and King of Hungary. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria, and Maria of Bavaria. In 1590, his parents, who were devout Catholics, sent him to study at the Jesuits’ college in Ingolstadt, because they wanted to isolate him from the Lutheran nobles. In the same year, he inherited Inner Austria—Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and smaller provinces—from his father. Rudolf II
Size 14.5 x 10 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2431
Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor 1741-1790
Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette.
Artist: Sysang
Date:1741
Size 9 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2432
Ramboldo XIII, Count of Collalto 1575-1630
The House of Collalto (full name – Princes of Collalto and San Salvatore) is an old and distinguished Austro-Italian noble house of Lombard origin, named after their seat at Collalto in Susegana, now in the Province of Treviso in Italy. Throughout its history, the house had their possessions in Italy, Austria and Moravia. Its name comes from Italian
Size 13 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria 1614-1662
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria was an Austrian military commander, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1647 to 1656, and a patron of the arts
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
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John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler 1625-1690
First Count of Nassau-Ottweiler. At times, he was Major General, Regent of the other Nassau territories and chief of the House of Nassau
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Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
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Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna 1611-1657
Born 1611 in Stockholm, Sweden, died 1657 in Wismar, Germany, was a Swedish Count and diplomat; together with Johan Adler Salvius he was one of the Swedish delegates sent to Osnabrück and Münster, Germany in order to negotiate the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; son of Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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Maria Carolina of Austria 1752-1814
Maria Carolina of Austria was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV & III. As de facto ruler of her husband’s kingdoms, Maria Carolina oversaw the promulgation of many reforms,
Subject nationality: Austrian
Subject gender: Female
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Size 16 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
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Johann Georg von Sachsen 1704–1774
Johann Georg was an illegitimate son of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, by marriage Princess Lubomirska. At that time, the Lubomirski family was ranked among the most influential families of Poland. He received from his father the name Johann Georg and the characteristic features of thick eyebrows. A few days after his birth, his mother was created Princess of Teschen. Johann Georg grew up in his mother’s houses in Dresden and in Breslau (present-day Wroclaw).
Size 19 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2442
Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 1617-1677
He was born at Karlsburg Castle, in Durlach (now part of Karlsruhe) as the son of Friedrich V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and Barbara of Württemberg. He studied in Strasbourg and Paris where he particularly enjoyed the science of war. Later he participated in the defense of German territories against the Ottoman invasion of 1663. Frederick later also participated in the Franco-Dutch War.
Artist: Meyssens
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Size 15 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2443