Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right). She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Galicia and Lodomeria, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, and Holy Roman Empress.
Size 6.5 x 10.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:582
A member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1330, as well as Duke of Carinthia from 1335 until his death. He ruled jointly with his elder brother Duke Albert II.
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2887
King of Bohemia (from 1646) and of Hungary (from 1647) and king of the Romans (from 1653). The eldest son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife, Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain
Artist: A. van Hulle
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Size 27 x 36 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2934
The Freiherr von Blomberg family was typically based around North-Rhine-Westfalia and Lower Saxony, though Bavarian extensions are frequent. During the centuries the Family line spread throughout Eastern Europe from the Baltic sea through to Romania.
Size 17 x 14 cm
Price £28.00
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Michael von Kienmayer was an Austrian general. Kienmayer joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and fought against the Kingdom of Prussia and Ottoman Turkey. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he continued to make his reputation in the cavalry and became a general officer
Engraved by Johann Ernst Mansfeld 1749 – 1796
Size 16 x 10 cm
Price £SOLD
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Writer University of Vienna
Engraved by Johann Ernst Mansfeld 1749 – 1796
Size 16 x 10 cm
Price £14.00
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Prominent civil servant in the chancellery (Hofkanzlei) in Vienna, where he settled in 1753. He wrote numerous plays, many in the manner of Lessing, including Der Minister (1771).
Engraved by Johann Ernst Mansfeld 1749 – 1796
Size 16 x 10 cm
Price £14.00
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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. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy
Engraved by Abraham de Blois. 1679-1720
Painted by Charles Herbel 1656-1703
Size 40 x 30 cm
Price £48.00
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Military governor of Vienna from 1680, the city’s defender during the Battle of Vienna in 1683, Imperial general during the Great Turkish War, and President of the Hofkriegsrat. Generations have idealized Starhemberg as saviour of the Western world and culture. By order of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, a statue was erected in his honour in 1872 at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Vienna, where the Battle of Vienna is thoroughly documented, with Starhemberg’s épée and armour on display.
Engraved by Thomas von Wiering circa 1684
Size 36 x 29 cm
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Price £78.00
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Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (25 April 1781 – 5 November 1850) was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d’Este, last member and heiress of the House of Este. For much of the Napoleonic Wars, he was in command of the Austrian army.
Engraver Frenz Stöber 1795 – 1858
Drawn by Jacob Schakini 1820
Size 22 x 13 cm
Price £18.00
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