Joseph II was the 43rd Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death
Artist: Johann Esaias Nilson
Date:1765
Size 16.5 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:370
Category Archives: Austrian
Margaret of Parma 1522-1586
Margaret of Parma was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of the then 22-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst. She was a Duchess of Florence and a Duchess of Parma and Piacenza by marriage.
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:308
Karl Philipp, Fürst zu 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.
Date:1822
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:560
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar 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.
Size 8.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:581
Johann Thomas Arnold, circa 1622
Of Nuremberg; employed in the household of Emperor Leopold.
Artist: Michael Fennitzer
Date: 1622
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1004
Johann Fernberger von Aur 1511-1584
Imperial troop leader, born in 1511 in Aur an der Etsch, 1584 as mayor of Vienna. The son of a landsknecht and growing up without any schooling, F. chose a career as a soldier, was enlisted in the imperial occupation troops in Italy in 1530 and subsequently took part in the war against Francis 1 of France. Sent to the army in Hungary in 1540, he was wounded in a bloody but unsuccessful attack on Ofen and was taken prisoner by the Turks in a later battle. After he had freed himself again by paying a ransom, he came to this again in the Milanese war
Size 11 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1950
Matthias, Holy Roman emperor 1612-19
Matthias was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 to 1618 and King of Bohemia from 1611 to 1617. His personal motto was Concordia lumine maior.
Date:1612
Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2167
Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf 1699-1747
Austrian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was born in Paris, France as the son of Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf, who was Austrian Ambassador there. The House of Von Sinzendorf was a member of the Upper Austrian nobility.
Size 8 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2378
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.
Date:1619
Size 17 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:592
Ernst Adalbert von Harrach, Archbishop of Prague 1598-1667
Austrian Catholic Cardinal who was appointed Archbishop of Prague and Prince-Bishop of Trento. His name in Czech is Arnošt Vojtěch hrabě z Harrachu.
Artist: P.Aubry
Date:
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2996