Category Archives: Swedish

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

Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626-1689

Kristina Augusta, later adopted the name Christina Alexandra, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1633 to 1654, using the titles of Queen of Swedes, Goths, and Vandals, Grand Princess of Finland, and Duchess of Ingria, Estonia, Livonia and Karelia .

Subject gender: Female
Artist: after Pieter Soutman

Size 17.5 x 11.5 cms

Price £18.00

Ref:835

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

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 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:2439

Hans Reinhold von Fersen 1683-1736

Hans Reinhold von Fersenwas a Swedish count, politician and soldier of Baltic-German origin. He served as lieutenant general from 1720 and as president of the Svea Court of Appeal from 1731.
He was the son of count Reinhold Johan von Fersen and Anna Sophia von Ungern-Sternberg, likewise of Baltic German nobility. In 1715 he himself married countess Eleonora Margareta Wachtmeister, daughter of the royal counsellor Axel Wachtmeister..
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:2529

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

Lennart Torstensson 1603-1651

Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad , was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer.
Size 6 x 10 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:2878

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp 1636-1715

Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp was Queen of Sweden from 1654 until 1660 by marriage to Charles X Gustav of Sweden, and the mother of Charles XI. She served as regent during the minority of her son from 1660 until 1672, and during the minority of her grandson Charles XII in 1697
Artist: Jacob Sandrart
Date:
Size 22 x 31 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2468

Prince Gustav Vasa, Count Itterburg 1799-1877

Prince Gustav Vasa, Count Itterburg, born Crown Prince of Sweden and later called Gustaf Gustafsson von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Vasa, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title was actually spelled Wasa.
Size 7 x 10.5 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1822