German poet, known especially for his ballads. Hölty was born in the Electorate of Hanover in the village of Mariensee where his father was pastor. In 1769, he went to study theology at the University of Göttingen.
Size 7 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1101
Georg Ulrich von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck came from the Tyrolean noble family of Wolkenstein-Rodeneck and was born the son of Baron Sigmund von Wolkenstein (died March 18, 1624) and his wife Anna Helena von Firmian. Abbess Claudia Seraphica von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck (1625–1688) was his cousin. He owned Bruck Castle in East Tyrol, which he sold to Archduke Ferdinand Karl in 1642.
German canon and envoy to the Peace Congress of Westphalia, the Frankfurt Deputation Day (1643–1645), and the Imperial Diet in Regensburg in 1653.
Size 12 x 18 cms
Engraver Matthäus Merian
Price £28.00
Ref:992
Subject nationality: German
Subject gender: Male
Artist: J.A.Kappeller
Date:1800
Size 11 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1660
Eleonore was born in Düsseldorf, Holy Roman Empire, on the night of 6 January 1655. She was the oldest of 17 children born from Philip William, Count Palatine of Neuburg and Duke of Jülich-Berg and his second wife, Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt. On her father’s side her grandparents were Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and his first wife, Magdalene of Bavaria. On her mother’s side, her grandparents were George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and Sophia Eleonore of Saxony.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2841
Albert I of Habsburg, the eldest son of King Rudolf I of Germany and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenberg, was a Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 and King of Germany from 1298 until his assassination.
Artist: J.Blaschke
Date:
Size 8 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2308
Karl Philipp Josef, Prince von Wrede was a Bavarian field marshal. He was an ally of Napoleonic France until he negotiated the Treaty of Ried with Austria in 1813. Thereafter Bavaria joined the coalition.
Size 17 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:123
A member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.
Artist: Eisenmenger
Date:
Size 7 x 18 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1969
Imperial and Royal Ambassador, Chief Chamberlain and bearer of the Golden Fleece.
Artist: Johann Borcking (fl.1670)
Date:
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £24.00
Ref:3005
German poet, one of the forerunners of the golden age of German literature that was ushered in by Lessing
Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:499
German mathematician and epigrammatist. He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly.
Size 12 x 14 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:494