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Carlos, Prince of Asturias 1545-1568

Carlos, Prince of Asturias, also known as Don Carlos (8 July 1545 – 24 July 1568), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Philip II of Spain. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. Carlos was known to be mentally unstable and was imprisoned by his father in early 1568, dying after half a year of solitary confinement. His imprisonment and death were utilized in Spain’s Black Legend. His life inspired the play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller and the opera Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi.
Size 18 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2500

Charles III Duke of Loraine 1543-1608

Charles III, known as the Great, was Duke of Lorraine from 1545 until his death. He is the direct male ancestor of all rulers of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, including all Emperors of Austria.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2499

Maria Anna of Savoy 1803-1884

Maria Anna Ricciarda Carolina Margherita was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. Born a Princess of Savoy, she was the penultimate child and daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and his wife, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este.
Size 18 x 24 cms
Price £28.00

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Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria 1792-1873

Empress consort of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria. She was a daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Conradus Peutingerus 1465-1547

Conrad Peutinger was a German humanist, jurist, diplomat, politician, and economist. A senior official in the municipal government of the Imperial City of Augsburg, he served as a counselor to Emperor Maximilian I and his successor Charles V.
Size 14 x 21 cms
Price £28.00

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Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano 1596-1656

Thomas Francis of Savoy, 1st Prince of Carignano was an Italian military commander and the founder of the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy, which reigned as kings of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1861, and as kings of Italy from 1861 until the dynasty’s deposition in 1946.
Artist: Moncornet
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Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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Christian Gottfried Hoffmann 1692-1735

The son of the educator Gottfried Hoffmann (1658–1712) attended the high school in his hometown and entered the University of Leipzig in 1711. Here he first studied the philosophical sciences, which he completed in 1714 by receiving a master’s degree in philosophy. He then concentrated on studying law, secured his living as a tutor to nobles and received his doctorate in law from the University of Halle in 1716.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:2491

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor 1612-1619

Matthias was Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, Archduke of Austria from 1608 to 1619, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1608 to 1618 and King of Bohemia from 1611 to 1617. His personal motto was Concordia lumine maior.
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Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Johannes Cocceius 1603-1669

Dutch theologian of the Reformed Church, biblical scholar, prolific writer, and a leading exponent of covenant theology, a school of religious thought emphasizing the compacts between God and man.
Size 15.5 x 23 cms
Price £28.00

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Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel 1721-1792

Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was a German-Prussian field marshal known for his participation in the Seven Years’ War. From 1757 to 1762 he led an Anglo-German army in Western Germany which successfully repelled French attempts to occupy Hanover.
Artist: Morgens
Date:
Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2486