Category Archives: Austrian

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Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg 1771-1820

Austrian Generalissimo and former Field Marshal. He first entered military service in 1788 and fought against the Turks. During the French Revolutionary War, he fought on the allied side against France and in that period rose through the ranks of the Imperial Army. During the Napoleonic Wars, he fought in the Battle of Wagram (1809), which the Austrians lost decisively against Napoleon. He had to fight for Napoleon in the Battle of Gorodechno (1812) against the Russians and won. During the War of the Sixth Coalition, he was in command of the allied army that decisively defeated Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig (1813). He participated in the Battle of Paris (1814), which forced Napoleon to abdicate.
Date:1822
Size 16 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

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Maria Theresa Duchess of Loraine and Florenz

Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position in her own right. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Slavonia, Mantua, Milan, Moravia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Dalmatia, Austrian Netherlands, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austrian Silesia, Tyrol, Styria and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Holy Roman Empress.
Size 7 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Johann Ludwig Graf von Kuefstein 1582-1656

Johann Ludwig Graf von Kuefstein, also Khueffsteiner (born June 11, 1582 at Greillenstein Castle, Lower Austria; † September 27, 1656 in Linz) was a diplomat and novel translator of the Baroque period. From 1630 until his death he was governor of Upper Austria.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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