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1201

Cardinal de Rohan 1734-1803

Louis René Édouard de Rohan  , prince de Rohan-Guéméné, was a French bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan family (which traced its origin to the kings of Brittany).
Artist: Duval
Date:1786
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1201

631

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. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy.
Date:
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:631

2182

Roger de Lorraine Knight of Guise, 1624-1653

The House of Guise, a branch of the House of Lorraine He is the youngest son of Charles I of Lorraine, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu, and Henriette-Catherine de Joyeuse, Lady of Joinville. Received as a Knight of Malta at a very young age. In 1644, he served at the siege of Gravelines. He died at the siege of Cambrai on September 6, 1653, and was buried in the Saint Laurent collegiate church in Joinville3.
Artist: P.Aubry
Date:
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2182

722

Madeleine Didion 1798-1836

Barbe Françoise Madeleine Didion, known as Madeleine Didion, born in Nancy in 1798 and died on January 7, 1836, was a Lorraine embroiderer and benefactor of the city of Nancy.
Artist: Durupt
Date:
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:722

1560

Karl V, Duke of Lorraine. 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.
Date:
Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1560

1439

Michel de l’Hôpital 1507-1573

Statesman, lawyer, and humanist who, as chancellor of France from 1560 to 1568, was instrumental in the adoption by the French government of a policy of toleration toward the Huguenots.
Artist: Blanchard
Date:
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1439

2967

Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d’Olivet 1682-1768

Pierre-Joseph Thoulier d’Olivet, Abbot of Olivet was a French abbot, writer, grammarian and translator. He was elected the fourth occupant of Académie française seat 31
Artist: Le Vasseur
Date:
Size 19 x 27 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2967

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