Jan Astruc 1684-1766
French professor of medicine who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases Subject gender: Male Artist: Monnct Date: Size 17 x 26 cms Price £28.00 Ref:2100
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Henry II Duke of Lorraine 1563-1624
Henry was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici.[3] His paternal grandparents were Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark. The splendour of his baptism in Bar-le-Duc was recalled by his aunt Margaret of Valois, who was ten […]
Ferdinand Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 1587-1626
Born in Mantua, he was the son of Vincenzo I and Eleonora de’ Medici. Succeeded his brother in both the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat. In 1616 he secretly married Camilla Faà di Bruno, whom he divorced in the same year. Their son Francesco Giacinto Teodoro Giovanni Gonzaga, although accepted at court, […]
Ferdinand Charles Archduke of Austria 1628-1662
Ferdinand Charles was the Archduke of Further Austria, including Tyrol, from 1646 to 1662. As the son of Archduke Leopold V and Claudia de’ Medici, he succeeded his father upon the latter’s death in 1632, under his mother’s regency. He took over his mother’s governatorial duties when he came of age in 1646 Size 16 […]
Gaston, Duke of Orléans 1608-1660
Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans , was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de’ Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the […]
Margaret of Valois 1553-1615
Margaret of Valois , popularly known as La Reine Margot, was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre and then also Queen of France at her husband’s 1589 accession to the latter throne as Henry IV. Margaret was the daughter of King Henry […]