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Leonhard IV von Harrach 1514-1590

Son of Leonhard III and his wife Barbara von Gleinig, he was born in 1514. He became an imperial councilor in the government of Lower Austria in 1545, and was then admitted to the imperial council of Emperor Maximilian II of the Holy Roman Empire, who created him baron with diploma dated 4 January 1552, then tying the title to the fiefdom of Rohrau on 12 April 1566; with a diploma dated 29 May 1559 he received for himself and his male heirs the hereditary position of stable master for Lower Austria. Leonhard IV was a knight of the Golden Fleece and was the one who founded the fortunes of the von Harrach family.
He had the family tomb built in the Augustinian church in Vienna where he was also buried after his death in 1590.

Artist/Engraver
Size 26 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3620

Karl Markgraf von Burgau 1560–1618

Charles, Margrave of Burgau, also known as Charles of Austria, was the son of Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria and his first morganatic marriage to Philippine Welser. He was the brother of Andrew of Austria.

Artist/Engraver Custos
Size 27x 19 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3619

Matthias Gottfried von Wunschwitz 1635-1695

Matthias Gottfried (born in Prague 1632, died in Ronsberg 1695) significantly increased the property and reputation of his family. In 1661 he was admitted to the Bohemian knighthood and on August 29, 1675 he was raised to the Bohemian lordship. He was also in the civil service, was only 23 years old, an advocate, became a corporate secretary, in 1660 imperial procurator and later vice-chamberlain in Moravia, then imperial councilor in Bohemia, chairman of the chamber and feudal court, captain of the Pilsen district; He was also consulted on other important matters, repeatedly deployed on diplomatic missions, promoted to Imperial Councilor shortly before his death and appointed ambassador to Poland. With his wife Anna Feliciana Pachta von Rajov (born in Prague on March 30 [272] 1648, died there in 1718) he acquired the rule of Ronsberg with Bezvěrov (Wasserau) and Bernstein; He was also the lien holder of the Electoral Palatinate town and lordship of Playstein, the Vilimov estate, which he purchased from Max Franz Borynč von Lhota, and the Wällischbirken estate with Zeliboric, Tvrzic, Chocholata Lhota and Bucíkov, which he had purchased from Karl Leopold Count of Millesimo .

Artist/Engraver: Johann Christoph Sartorius
Size 25 x 15 cms
Price £35.00

Ref:3618

Queen Mary I of England 1516-1558

Mary I , also known as Mary Tudor, and as “Bloody Mary” by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt to reverse the English Reformation, which had begun during the reign of her father, King Henry VIII. Her attempt to restore to the Church the property confiscated in the previous two reigns was largely thwarted by Parliament, but during her five-year reign, Mary had over 280 religious dissenters burned at the stake in the Marian persecutions.

Artist/Engraver Francis Delaram, published by Compton Holland 19th cent
Size 30 x 23 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3616

Leopold Joseph von Daun 1705-1766

Leopold Joseph Maria was born at Vienna, the son of Count Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669–1741) and his wife, Countess Maria Barbara von Herberstein (1675–1735). The Daun noble family originated from the Rhineland and derived its name from the ancestral seat at Daun south of the High Eifel range. He was first cousin of Countess Eleonora Ernestina von Daun, who later married the Marquis of Pombal, the noted Portuguese statesman.

Artist/Engraver
Size 10 x 6 cms
Price £14.00

Ref: 3615

Henri II d’Orléans, duc de Longueville 1595-1663

Henry II of Orleans, Duke of Longueville or Henry of Valois-Longueville , was a legitimate prince of France (of royal descent) and peer of France, served as governor of Picardy, then of Normandy, and was a major figure during the Fronde.

Artist/Engraver
Size 10 x 7 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3613

Damian Hugo von Virmond 1666-1722

Damian Hugo Franz Adrian Anton Freiherr von Viermund, from 1706 Imperial Count of and to Virmont (born August 24, 1666 in Herten; † April 21, 1722 in Sibiu) was a baron, from 1706 Count, from Neersen and a member of the Lower Rhine noble family Virmond- Neersen (1502–1744). He was an imperial general and diplomat and rose to the rank of imperial count through special services in the Turkish wars.

Artist/Engraver Georg Daniel Heumann
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3611

William IV, Duke of Bavaria 1493-1550

William IV (Wilhelm IV; 13 November 1493 – 7 March 1550) was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. He was born in Munich to Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III.

Artist/Engraver Peter Troschel c.1620-c.1667
Size 29 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3610

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