Imperial commander and general constable
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2193
Category Archives: German
Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst 1576-1621
Rudolph of Anhalt-Zerbst, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified Principality of Anhalt. From 1603, he was ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst
Size 17 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2466
Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym 1669-1727
Lebrecht was the younger son of Prince Viktor Amadeus of Anhalt-Bernburg (1634–1718) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1642–1677), daughter of Count Palatine Friedrich of Zweibrücken. Lebrecht received a careful education, which concluded with the Grand Tour. In 1683 he took part in the Great Turkish War together with Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt-Dessau. In 1689 the raised Anhalt troops became imperial property, and with them Lebrecht also moved into imperial and later Hessian service. He fought in Hungary and on the Rhine.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2608
Ferdinand Maria 1636 -1679
Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679
Artist: A.Melaer
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Size 8 x 16 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2339
Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick
Anthony Ulrich (German: Anton Ulrich; 4 October 1633 – 27 March 1714), a member of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruling Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1685 until 1702 jointly with his elder brother Rudolph Augustus, and solely from 1704 until his death.
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Size 6 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1504
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty 1748-1776
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 Graf von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg 1598-1663
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
Abraham Gottlob Werner 1749-1818
German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth’s crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism.
Artist: F.Rosmasler 1775-1858 Size 11.5 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:116
Frederick William I, King of Prussia 1688-1740
Frederick William I, known as the “Soldier King”, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Great.
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Size 17 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:663
Nicholas, Count of Salm 1459-1530
Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459 – Salmhof, Marchegg, Lower Austria, 4 May 1530) was a German soldier and an Imperial senior military commander (German: Feldherr). His greatest achievement was the defense of Vienna during the first siege by the Ottoman Empire in 1529.
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1711