Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588.
Size 12 x 15.3 cms
Price £28.00
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Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 by the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV
Size 11.2 x 16.3 cms
Price £28.00
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Rudolf I, also known as Rudolf of Habsburg, was Count of Habsburg from about 1240 and King of Germany from 1273 until his death. Rudolf’s election marked the end of the Great Interregnum in the Holy Roman Empire after the death of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II in 1250
Size 7.4 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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