Monsieur Gaston, Duke of Orléans , was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de’ Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a Fils de France. He later acquired the title Duke of Orléans, by which he was generally known during his adulthood. As the eldest surviving brother of King Louis XIII, he was known at court by the traditional honorific Monsieur.
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2833
French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer
Date:1750
Size 8 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1188
French general and statesman. In 1741 he received control of a large army, with which it is said that he promised to make peace in three months under the walls of Vienna.
Artist: Mallini after de la Tour
Date:
Size 18 x 26 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3030
French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became a rival and was banished to the United States. He is among the foremost French generals in military history
Size 9.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:523
Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, or Charles de Guise, was a French nobleman of the house of Guise and a military leader of the Catholic League, which he headed during the French Wars of Religion, following the assassination of his brothers at Blois in 1588.
Artist: Harrewyn
Date:
Size 9 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:902
François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier, was a notable French politician and political writer during the First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy. He was the youngest of a large family belonging to the poorer nobility
Artist: N.Maurin
Date:
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2201
Louis II de Lorraine, cardinal de Guise was a French prelate, Cardinal and politician during the latter French Wars of Religion. The third son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d’Este Louis was destined for a career in the church.
Artist: Balthazar Moncornet 1630-70
Date:
Size 11.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2817
Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Geille
Date:
Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1519
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. Born in exile in Vienna, Charles spent his military career in the service of the Habsburg monarchy.
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Size 12 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:631
Filippo Antonio Pasquale de’ Paoli FRS was a Corsican patriot, statesman, and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule over the island.
Artist: Drolling
Date:
Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:738