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Cardinal de Rohan 1734-1803

Louis René Édouard de Rohan  , prince de Rohan-Guéméné, was a French bishop of Strasbourg, politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan family (which traced its origin to the kings of Brittany).
Artist: Duval
Date:1786
Size 8 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1201

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685-1740

Charles VI succeeded his elder brother, Joseph I, as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Croatia, Serbia and Archduke of Austria in 1711. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles II.
Artist: Krepp
Date:1711
Size 8 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1199

Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein 1696-1772

In the Austrian War of Succession 1745 commander-in-chief in Italy (June 16, 1746 Victory at Piacenza). From 1744 as General Director of the entire Austrian artillery renewed the organisation of the artillery partly at his own cost, also financed the printing of the most important artillery handbooks.
Artist: Weinrauch
Date:
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1197

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 1573-1651

Maximilian I, occasionally called “the Great”, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years’ War during which he obtained the title of a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg
Size 6 x 10.5 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1195

Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing 1748-1811

Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Légion d’honneur, he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1192

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Jules Dumont d’Urville 1790-1842

French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. As a botanist and cartographer he gave his name to several seaweeds, plants and shrubs, and places such as d’Urville Island in New Zealand.
Artist: Alboth
Date:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1190

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor 1741-1790

1186

Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette.

Artist: Christian Gottlieb Geyser 1742-1803
Size 9.5 x 8 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:1186

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