Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her throne and move to Rome.
Size 12 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3748/515
Category Archives: Sweden
Ernst Gideon von Laudon 1717-1790
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon; was a Baltic German-born Austrian military officer and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great.
Artist/Engraver Joh Martin 1778
Size 23 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3664
Charles X Gustav of Sweden 1622-1660
Charles X Gustav also Carl Gustav, Swedish: Karl X Gustav was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden.
Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Size 31 x 21 cms
Price £48.00
Ref:3569
Ernst Gideon von Laudon 1717-1790
Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon, was a Baltic German-born Austrian military officer and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great
Size 15.5 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:543
Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna 1611-1657
Born 1611 in Stockholm, Sweden, died 1657 in Wismar, Germany, was a Swedish Count and diplomat; together with Johan Adler Salvius he was one of the Swedish delegates sent to Osnabrück and Münster, Germany in order to negotiate the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; son of Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre.
Size 6 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2400
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp 1636-1715
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 as the wife of King Charles X Gustav. She served as regent during the minority of her son, King Charles XI, from 1660 until 1672, and during the minority of her grandson, King Charles XII, in 1697.
Size 11 x 16.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2402
Johann Heinrich von Dünewald 1617-1691
von Dünewald’s parents were Lorenz and Katharina von Dünewald. He was first in Swedish, later in imperial service. He distinguished himself in the Battle of St. Gotthard in 1664. He became a major general and was given command of a cuirassier regiment in 1670, which he was to lead for over twenty years. He later helped to defeat the French at Sasbach under Raimondo Montecuccoli and was therefore elevated to the rank of count by Emperor Leopold I in 1675 and became a general of the cavalry. When Vienna was besieged by the Turks, he defended Krems and defeated a strong Turkish military detachment there. He then helped end the siege of Vienna and led the pursuit of the Turks after the Battle of Kahlenberg. At Párkány on October 9, 1683 and at the siege of Gran on October 24, 1683 he fought under Duke Charles V of Lorraine. Dünewald then led the Swabian auxiliary troops to the first in 1684.
Size 6 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2814
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp 1700-1739
Duke Charles Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp was a Prince of Sweden and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and an important member of European royalty. His dynasty, the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, were a cadet branch of the ancient House of Oldenburg, which at that time was ruling Denmark.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:796
Arvid Axel Mardefelt (around 1655 – 18 May 1708)s
Freiherr Arvid Axel Mardefelt was a Swedish Infantry General and an acquaintance of Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War.
Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Date:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1500
Margareta Fugger Von Nondendorf 1592–1652
The House of Fugger is a German family that was historically a prominent group of European bankers, members of the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century mercantile patriciate of Augsburg, international mercantile bankers, and venture capitalists. Alongside the Welser family, the Fugger family controlled much of the European economy in the sixteenth century and accumulated enormous wealth. The Fuggers held a near monopoly on the European copper market.
Artist: Lucus Kilain 1579-1637
Date:
Size 11 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2606