The son of Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons and his wife, Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis. A second cousin of Louis XIII of France he was a prince du Sang, those considered part of the royal family
Size 11.5 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:355
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 11.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:354
Italian professional soldier during the Thirty Years’ War. He distinguished himself in the first half of the war in service of the Catholic League, in the War of the Mantuan Succession, and as one of Albrecht von Wallenstein’s Generals
Artist: Balthasar Moncornet. (circa 1600-1668)
Date:1650
Size 11.5 x 16.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:353
French soldier, a prince of the Holy Roman Empire and a prominent member of the Catholic League, who fought for Breton political independence from the House of Bourbon
Artist Balthasar Moncornet. (circa 1600-1668)
Size 11 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:351
In 1793/4, Prince Josias was the principal Commander of the Austrian forces in the Netherlands and one of Britain’s allies during the War of the First Coalition against revolutionary France. Along with General Count Clairfayt, he won major victories at Aldenhoven and Neerwinden against Dumouriez, and it was he who selected the newly-arrived Duke of York to command the siege operations against Valenciennes.
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:350
Maximilian II, also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg.
Size 7.5 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:349
In 1726, after the death of his father, Karl became Elector of Bavaria. He maintained good relations with both the Habsburgs and France, continuing his father’s policies. Karl and his family lived at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. In 1711, Karl’s father-in-law Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I died suddenly from smallpox
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:348
Austrian field marshal , courtier and prince of the Hungarian nobility of Batthyány .
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:347
Austrian field marshal , courtier and prince of the Hungarian nobility of Batthyány .
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:346
Joseph I was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg.
Date:1705
Size 9.5 x 15.2 cms
Price £28.00
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