Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588.
Artist: Harrewyn
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Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:902
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets and more.
Size 7 x 13 cms
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Ref:1964
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
Artist: Fresne
Date:1659
Size 15 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2546
Prince of Conti from 1666 to his death. He was the son of Armand de Bourbon and Anne Marie Martinozzi, the daughter of Girolamo Martinozzi and Laura Margherita Mazzarini, elder sister of Cardinal Mazarin. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince of the Blood. He was a son-in-law of King Louis XIV of France, who was his namesake.
Artist: Larmessin
Date:1661
Size 17 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1588
Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy, was the eldest son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, and Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria and grandson of the reigning French king, Louis XIV. He is commonly known as le Petit Dauphin to distinguish him from his father.
Artist: Larmessin, Nicolas de (1632-1694)
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Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1647
French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer
Date:1750
Size 8 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1188
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
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Size 4.5 x 7 cms
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Also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. He pragmatically balanced the interests of the Catholic and Protestant parties in France as well as among the European states. He was assassinated in 1610 by a Catholic zealot, and was succeeded by his son Louis XIII.
Date:1660
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2545
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
He died in the Leiden plague epidemic of 1602. His son Lucas Trelcatius the younger replaced him as preacher and professor in 1603, but died himself in 1607 after publishing Institutiones Theologicae.
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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