Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679.
Artist: Balthazar Moncornet 1630-1670
Date:1659
Size 14 x 19.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:331
Carlo III, duca di Lorena 1543-1608
Duke of Lorraine, known as “the Great”. He took part in the civil wars of France and in 1588 joined the Catholic League. In 1559 he married Claudia, daughter of the French king Henry II of Valois (1519-1559). His daughter Cristina (1565-1636) married Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549-1609), Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Size 13 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:329
Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459-1519
Maximilian I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. He was never crowned by the pope, as the journey to Rome was always too risky. He was instead proclaimed emperor elect by Pope Julius II at Trent, thus breaking the long tradition of requiring a papal coronation for the adoption of the imperial title
Size 10.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:328
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552-1612
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria. He was a member of the House of Habsburg.
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:327
Franz von Sickingen 1481-1523
Franz von Sickingen or Francis of Sickingen was a German knight who, along with Ulrich von Hutten, led the Knight’s Revolt and was one of the most notable figures of the early period of the Reformation
Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:326
Catherine II, “The Great” Empress of Russia 1729-1796
Yekaterina Alexeevna or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great, was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of sixty-seven
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Subject gender: Female
Artist: Carl Meyer
Date:
Size 24 x 19 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:325
Charles VIII, King of France 1470-1498
Charles VIII, called the Affable, was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon until 1491 when the young king turned 21 years of age.
Size 10 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:324
Johann von Beck 1588-1648
Baron Jean de Beck was a soldier and governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg and of the County of Chiny. He was born “Jean Beck”, the son of Paul Beck and his wife Catherine Ronck, in house no. 5 of the rue de Trèves in the Grund of Luxembourg City. In 1619 he joined the Austrian-Habsburg army.
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:323
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608-1657
Ferdinand III was Holy Roman Emperor from 15 February 1637 until his death, as well as King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria.
Date:1657
Size 8.5 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:321
Christian Reichardt 1685-1775
He was the founder of horticulture in Germany . Reichart is considered a pioneer and sponsor of commercial horticulture in Erfurt and thus founded Erfurt’s reputation as a city of flowers.
Size 10 x 14.4 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:320