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Heinrich von Brühl 1700-1763

The Brühl family (de Brüel, von Brühl) is an old German noble family from Saxony-Thuringia, with their ancestral seat in Gangloffsömmern in Thuringia. Branches of the family still exist today.
Heinrich von Brühl, who indirectly controlled Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 18th century, was a powerful statesman in the Holy Roman Empire.
One of the most important branches of the Brühl family uses the spelling Brüel or Bryll and mainly resides in Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and United States.
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:604

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
Date:
Size 15 x 24 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2443

Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener 1714-1771

German writer of prose satires and publicist of the Enlightenment. He was born at Wachau near Leipzig, and he died at Dresden. In 1741 he made his debut as satirist in Schwabe’s Belustigungen des Verstandes und Witzes, and was subsequently a contributor to the Bremer Beitrage.
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:487

Franz Albrecht von Sachsen-Lauenburg 1592-1642

Prince of Saxe-Lauenburg and initially imperial and later Electoral Saxon field marshal. In the Thirty Years’ War he fought and acted alternately on the side of both warring parties, building up a special relationship of trust with Wallenstein.
Size 12 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:874

Princess Alexandrine 1820-1904

Princess Alexandrine of Baden was the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as the wife of Ernest II. She was the eldest child of Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and his wife Princess Sophie of Sweden.
Artist: Carl Meyer
Date:
Size 6.5 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:2428

Samuel Stryk 1640-1710

Samuel Stryk, also spelled Stricke, Stryck, Striccius, Strick, Stricke, Stryckius, Stryke, Stryken, Strykius (born November 22, 1640 in Lenzen; died July 23, 1710 in Halle (Saale)), was a German jurist. He is considered one of the most important figures in the development of German law in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Usus modernus pandectarum.
Artist: Delsenbach

Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1710

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