Henry was the son of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Valois daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de’ Medici.[3] His paternal grandparents were Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, and Christina of Denmark. The splendour of his baptism in Bar-le-Duc was recalled by his aunt Margaret of Valois, who was ten at the time.
Size 13 x 16 cms
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Ref:2361
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 13 x 17 cms
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A quasi-legendary medieval figure credited with founding or restoring the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Academy of the Floral Games. She is supposed to have left a legacy to fund awards in the form of gold and silver flowers that the city would award annually to the best poets.
Artist: Richomme
Date:1836
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1465
Rivard studied in Paris and obtained a chair of philosophy at the college of Beauvais, which he left in 1749. He is the author of numerous educational manuals in mathematics and ancient languages, including Institutiones philosophicæ,
Size 8 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00
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Marquis de Sévérac, Comte de Rodez, Vicomte de Montal, Baron de Salvagnac, de Montclar and other places was a military leader under Louis XIII. He played a major role in the effort to return the southwestern provinces (Languedoc and Guyenne) to Catholicism. His military career was based on the Thirty Years’ War, in which he took part in the Rhineland and Franche-Comté, as well as in the fight against the Huguenots and the Turks in Malta in 1645
Artist: Moncornet
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Size 11.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:995
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the “founding father of paleontology”.
Size 14 x 17 cms
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Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death of his uncle, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine.
Size 4 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
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Catherine de’ Medici; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian Florentine noblewoman of the Medici family and Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to King Henry II.
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Size 15 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
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Charles IV (5 April 1604 – 18 September 1675) was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 until his death in 1675, with a brief interruption in 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis.
Artist: P.Aubry
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Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1568
Reformed theologian of the early orthodox era; succeeding his father, Lucas Trelcatius, he served as professor extraordinarius at Leiden from 1602 until his death in 1607
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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