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Cardinal Angelo Maria Querini 1680-1755

Quirini’s writings include many works on the history of the Church, of Corfu, and of Brescia, as well as a five-volume edition of the correspondence of Cardinal Reginald Pole. In Brescia, he founded in 1745 the Biblioteca Queriniana, which still exists today, and he sponsored the German missions. He also financed the completion of the St. Hedwig Church in Berlin, which is today the cathedral of the archbishopric of Berlin.
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Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden 1655-1707

Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden, called Türkenlouis  was regent in the Margraviate of Baden-Baden, builder of the castle in Rastatt, lieutenant general in the imperial army and a successful general in the wars against the Turks. The Ottomans called him the “Red King” because of his red uniform jacket, which could be seen from afar. He was first district general field marshal of the troops in the Swabian Reich District and Reich Field Marshal of the Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation.
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Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc 1725-1797

Fra’ Emmanuel Marie des Neiges de Rohan-Polduc (18 April 1725, in La Mancha, Spain – 14 July 1797, in Valletta, Malta) was a member of the wealthy and influential Rohan family of France, and Prince and 70th Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1775 to 1797.
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Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden 1655-1707

Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden, called Türkenlouis  was regent in the Margraviate of Baden-Baden, builder of the castle in Rastatt, lieutenant general in the imperial army and a successful general in the wars against the Turks. The Ottomans called him the “Red King” because of his red uniform jacket, which could be seen from afar. He was first district general field marshal of the troops in the Swabian Reich District and Reich Field Marshal of the Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation.
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Size 9.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck 1639-1688

Otto Wilhelm Graf (count) von Königsmarck, born 1639 in Minden, Germany, died 1688 in Modon, Greece, was a German-Swedish count, military officer, field marshal since 1667, Governor General for Swedish Pomerania (1679-1687), leader of the Venetian conquest of the Morea in the beginning of the Morea War; son of Hans Christoff Königsmarck; he died of the plague on an admiral’s ship at the Greece shore.
Artist: Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz (active 1670-1689)
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Price £28.00

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Domenico Antonio Thun 1686 – 1758

Prince Bishop of Trento. Domenico Antonio was accused of having a greater dedication to the enjoyment of life and revelry than to the spiritual and temporal government of the principality. He was in fact guilty of being a “frequent frequenter of taverns, not averse to excessive familiarity with persons of the opposite sex, a lover of profane discourses and libertine songs, a devoted guest of the Venice carnival, where he went with his court of revealers and freeloaders”
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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