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Concino Concini, 1st Marquis d’Ancre 1569-1617

Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of Louis’s mother, Marie de Medici, Queen of France.
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Josias von Rantzau 1609-1650

Danish military leader and Marshal of France. Josias was the grandson of Paul, the youngest son of Johann Rantzau. He married his Cousin Hedwig Margarethe Elisabeth vor Rantzau, but had no children. As a young man, he served Prince Maurice of Orange and King Christian IV of Denmark.
Size 14 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels 1623-1693

Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg was from 1649 to 1658 his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels and from 1658 until his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg. Because his brothers died young, all later Landgraves in the Rotenburg Quarter are descendants of Ernest.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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Sebastien Erard 1752-1831 piano maker

Sébastien Érard was a French instrument maker of German origin who specialised in the production of pianos and harps, developing the capacities of both instruments and pioneering the modern piano.
Artist: Hardiviller
Date:
Size 11 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

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Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein 1550-1606 Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,

Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, was an army commander in service of the Dutch Republic. Philip was the son of Ludwig Kasimir von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg and Anna zu Solms-Lich. On 7 February 1595 he married Maria of Nassau at Buren
Artist: Arhem
Date:1626
Size 13 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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Baron Johann von Beck 1588-1648

Imperial field sergeant general and from 1642 civil and military governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the County of Chiny.
Size 13.5 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

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Louis Charles Victor de Riquet de Caraman 1762-1839

Louis Charles Victor de Riquet de Caraman is the older brother of Maurice Gabriel (1765-1835), Count of Caraman, and François Joseph, Duke of Caraman. He distinguished himself early in his diplomatic career. His family took him on trips to the main parts of Europe for this purpose. Mr. de Vergennes, Minister of External Relations, had recommended it to his diplomatic agents: it was also well received by Frederick the Great, Joseph II, and Catherine II. He became close with Prince Kaunitz, Potemkin, Poniatowski, Pitt and Fox. He met the Count of Saint-Priest in Constantinople. His travels lasted five to six years. Returning to France, in 1785 he married Mademoiselle de Mérode Westerloo, from a prominent Dutch family, and while waiting for a mission abroad, followed a military career.

Artist: Goutierre
Size 12 x 21 cms
Price £28.00

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