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1492

George Olivier, count of Wallis

George Oliver Walsh, Count of Wallis 1671-1743, was a field marshal of Irish descent in the service of the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and last regent of the Habsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1738–1739). Born into an exiled Irish family, he distinguished himself in Sicily by his capture of Messina. He then commanded on the Rhine (1733), then in Italy and Hungary. He lost the decisive Battle of Grocka against the Ottoman Empire in 1739, thus leading to the peace of Belgrade, which was unfavorable to Austria and thus led to his disgrace.
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00

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1747

Peter Leopold Graf Spannocchi 1788-1867

Imperial General of the Cavalry, born in Florence in 1788, died in Vienna 1867. Appointed an ensign in Mittrovsky’s infantry on 1803, he was promoted to sublieutenant in Fürst Auersperg’s infantry 1805. Fought in Germany and, as a first lieutenant in the Stipsicz Huszars, took part in the battle of Caldiero and in the retreat battles at Tagliamento and Isonzo. and in the war of 1809.
Artist: Katzler
Date:
Size 21 x 27 cms
Price £28.00

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2539

Wolff von Eggenberg (died 1615)

Wolff von Eggenberg was an Austrian military officer and Freiherr of the House of Eggenberg. He was the nephew and sole heir of Ruprecht von Eggenberg. Like his uncle, Wolff von Eggenberg chose a military career and received the command of Imperial Forces as General-Obrist on the border to Croatia
Size 17 x 29 cms
Price £28.00

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1868

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor 1768-1835

Francis II and I was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria as Francis I from 1804 to 1835. He was also King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and served as the first president of the German Confederation following its establishment in 1815
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00

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