Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp-Eutin was a cadet of the reigning ducal House of Holstein-Gottorp who became prince of Eutin, prince-bishop of Lübeck and regent of the Duchy of Holstein-Gottorp.
Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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René Descartes 1596-1650 French philosopher
René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. A native of France, he spent about 20 years of his life in the Dutch Republic after serving for a while in the Dutch States Army of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and the Stadtholder of the United Provinces.
Date:1835
Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2445
Françoise Marie de Bourbon Duchess of d’Orleans 1677-1749
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, légitimée de France was the youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan. At the age of 14, she was wed to her first cousin Philippe d’Orléans, future Regent of France during the minority of Louis XV
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2444
Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach 1617-1677
He was born at Karlsburg Castle, in Durlach (now part of Karlsruhe) as the son of Friedrich V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach and Barbara of Württemberg. He studied in Strasbourg and Paris where he particularly enjoyed the science of war. Later he participated in the defense of German territories against the Ottoman invasion of 1663. Frederick later also participated in the Franco-Dutch War.
Artist: Meyssens
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Size 15 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2443
Johann Georg von Sachsen 1704–1774
Johann Georg was an illegitimate son of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, by marriage Princess Lubomirska. At that time, the Lubomirski family was ranked among the most influential families of Poland. He received from his father the name Johann Georg and the characteristic features of thick eyebrows. A few days after his birth, his mother was created Princess of Teschen. Johann Georg grew up in his mother’s houses in Dresden and in Breslau (present-day Wroclaw).
Size 19 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2442
Maria Carolina of Austria 1752-1814
Maria Carolina of Austria was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV & III. As de facto ruler of her husband’s kingdoms, Maria Carolina oversaw the promulgation of many reforms,
Subject nationality: Austrian
Subject gender: Female
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Size 16 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2440
Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna 1611-1657
Born 1611 in Stockholm, Sweden, died 1657 in Wismar, Germany, was a Swedish Count and diplomat; together with Johan Adler Salvius he was one of the Swedish delegates sent to Osnabrück and Münster, Germany in order to negotiate the Peace of Westphalia in 1648; son of Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2439
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler 1625-1690
First Count of Nassau-Ottweiler. At times, he was Major General, Regent of the other Nassau territories and chief of the House of Nassau
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Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2438
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria 1614-1662
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria was an Austrian military commander, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1647 to 1656, and a patron of the arts
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2437
Ramboldo XIII, Count of Collalto 1575-1630
The House of Collalto (full name – Princes of Collalto and San Salvatore) is an old and distinguished Austro-Italian noble house of Lombard origin, named after their seat at Collalto in Susegana, now in the Province of Treviso in Italy. Throughout its history, the house had their possessions in Italy, Austria and Moravia. Its name comes from Italian
Size 13 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
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