Yekaterina Alexeevna or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great, was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 9 July 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of sixty-seven
Subject nationality:Russian
Subject gender: Female
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Size 21 x 14 cms
Price £18.00
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Son of Nicolas François de Lorraine (who was briefly Duke of Lorraine in 1634) and nephew of Duke Charles IV; he succeeded his uncle, at least in name, as Duke of Lorraine, but actually never reigned as he had been deprived of his rights of succession following the French invasion; entered the service of the Holy Roman empire, for which he fought during the third Dutch War; defended Vienna against the Ottomans (1683); married Eleanora Maria, sister of Emperor Leopold I, in 1678.
Size 14 x 18 cms
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Maximilian II, also known as Max Emanuel or Maximilian Emanuel, was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also the last governor of the Spanish Netherlands and duke of Luxembourg
Date:1662
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675; both duchies were occupied by France from 1634 to 1661 and 1670 to 1697
Size 12.5 x 18.5 cms
Price £28.00
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Henri de Lorraine, known as Cadet la Perle, was a French nobleman. He was count of Harcourt, count of Armagnac, count of Brionne and viscount of Marsan. He was the younger son of Charles I, Duke of Elbeuf and his wife Marguerite de Chabot, countess of Charny
Artist: W.Jonckman
Date:1660
Size 8.5 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
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Born in Sulzbach as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and Hedwig of Holstein-Gottorp. He succeeded his father in August 1632, at the age of 10. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler. He granted his citizens the right to choose their Christian denomination and introduced the Simultaneum, whereby churches had both Protestant and Catholic services. In 1666 he permitted Jews to settle in the Duchy of Sulzbach and, due to his interest in mysticism and the Kabbalah, allowed a Hebrew print-shop. Under his rule, Sulzbach also became an intellectual center and the site of a regionally significant printing industry.
Size 8.5 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
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Jakob Hannibal I von Hohenems was the son of Wolf Dietrich von Hohenems and Clara de Medici. He spent parts of his youth in Northern Italy with his uncle Gian Giacomo Medici, Duke of Marignano and Marquis of Musso and Lecco. He pursued a military career. The election of another uncle, Giovanni Angelo Medici, as Pope Pius IV began a golden time for Jacob Hannibal I and the Hohenems people. In 1560 they were raised to the rank of count. In 1565 he married Hortensia Borromeo (1547–1578), the half-sister of Charles Borromeo, a cardinal and archbishop of Milan. Hortensia Borromeo was also a niece of Pope Pius IV.i.
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen came from the Saxon noble family von Friesen and was the son of the manor owner, privy councilor, chancellor and president of the court of appeal Heinrich von Friesen (1578–1659) and his wife Catharina nee von Einsiedel (10 August 1585 – 31 January 1667[1]). The manor owner, head chef, court marshal and governor Carl von Friesen was his grandfather. The Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor and President of the High Consistory Carl von Friesen (1619–1686) was his younger brother. The Reichshofrat and Meißen Cathedral Provost Christian August von Friesen (1646–1681) was his nephew, the Electoral Saxon general Christian August von Friesen (1674–1737) his great-nephew.
Artist: I.Link
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Size 14 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Don Diego Philip de Gusman Spanish politician and army commander.
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Size 13.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Eleonora Gonzaga, was by birth Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel from the Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga and by marriage Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia.
Artist: C.Danck
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Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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