Imperial troop leader, born in 1511 in Aur an der Etsch, 1584 as mayor of Vienna. The son of a landsknecht and growing up without any schooling, F. chose a career as a soldier, was enlisted in the imperial occupation troops in Italy in 1530 and subsequently took part in the war against Francis 1 of France. Sent to the army in Hungary in 1540, he was wounded in a bloody but unsuccessful attack on Ofen and was taken prisoner by the Turks in a later battle. After he had freed himself again by paying a ransom, he came to this again in the Milanese war
Size 11 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:1950

Maria of Austria was the empress consort and queen consort of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary.:
Size 13 x 19 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2205

Serbelloni, Giovan Battista Count (aka Johann Baptist von Serbelloni)
Austrian Major-General (1742-54), General of Cavalry (1754-58), Feldmarshall (1758-78)
Artist: Nilson
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:250

Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was the ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position in her own right. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Slavonia, Mantua, Milan, Moravia, Galicia and Lodomeria, Dalmatia, Austrian Netherlands, Carinthia, Carniola, Gorizia and Gradisca, Austrian Silesia, Tyrol, Styria and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Holy Roman Empress.
Size 7 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:812

Capliers was the son of the appellate councilor Albrecht Ritter von Capliers († 1614) and Magdalena von Udritsch (Magdalena z Údrče). After his father’s early death, his grandfather Caspar Ritter von Capliers took over the upbringing. He was taken prisoner as a participant in the Bohemian Uprising of 1618 and was beheaded on June 21, 1621 and his assets confiscated. The mother then fled to relatives and Caspar Zdenko became an imperial officer. In 1632 he inherited the Ober-Koblitz (Horní Chobolice) estate from a cousin. In 1642 he achieved the rank of colonel sergeant, in 1646 lieutenant colonel and a year later he was promoted to commander of eight companies of cuirassiers. In 1649 he received the patent for a regiment of cavalry. With the regiment he fought for the Spanish against the French in the Milan area. .
Size 13.5 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2662

Johann Jakob Khisl von Kaltenbrunn, also Hanns Jakob Khiesel von Kaltenbrunn; Jacob Khisel Graf zu Gottschee; Jacob Khißl Graf zu Cotsche; Hanns Jakob Khisl Graf von und zu Gottschee, Baron zu Kaltenbrunn and Gannowitz (* 1565 or 1564 in Kaltenbrunn Castle on the Laibach (today Fužine Castle), Moste district of Ljubljana municipality; † 1638 or 1637 in Vienna) was an Austrian statesman under Ferdinand II. a.[1] He was a member of the noble House of Khisl.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:2068