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Johann Lorenz von Mosheim 1693-1755

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Johann Lorenz von Mosheim was a German Lutheran theologian who founded the pragmatic school of church historians, which insisted on objective, critical treatment of original sources. In 1723, Mosheim became a professor at Helmstedt and in 1747 was made professor of divinity and chancellor of the university at Göttingen.

Artist/Engraver Georg Daniel Heumann, 1750
Size 34 x 24cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3706

Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein 1628-1698

Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, 3rd Prince (Fürst) of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Tarasp, Baron (Freiherr) of Hollenburg, Finkenstein and Thalberg; in addition, he served as Lord Chamberlain (Obersthofmeister), Conference Minister (Konferenzminister) and Privy Councilor (Geheimrat) of Emperor Leopold I, and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1668. Ferdinand Joseph married  Princess Marie Elisabeth of Eggenberg 1640-1715, eldest child and only surviving daughter of Johann Anton I, Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau and Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Gradisca and his wife, Margravine Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Thanks to his marriage (who related him with the House of Hohenzollern) and the unions of his siblings with members of the first noble families of the Habsburg monarchy (including the Houses of Auersperg, Kaunitz, Liechtenstein, Lobkowitz, Montecuccoli, Trauttmandsorff and Schwarzenberg),

Artist/Engraver Franciscus van der Steen
Size 26 x 17 cms
Price £38.00

Ref:3701

Johann Caspar von Ampringen 1619-1684

Johann Caspar von Ampringen was the 48th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 27 January 1664 until his death Wrocław, Poland

Size 29 x 38 cms
Price £38.00

Ref:3700

Busso II von Alvensleben

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Busso X von Alvensleben (1468 – 4 May 1548 in Wittstock) was a Catholic ecclesiastical diplomat and from 1523 to 1548 as Busso II, the last Catholic Bishop of Havelberg. He was the last Catholic bishop in Brandenburg and was buried in front of the high altar of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Wittstock. His tombstone was lost after renovations in the 1920s. As bishop, he put on a collection of relics and precious church utensils – following the example of Cardinal Albert’s Halle sanctuaries. 

Size 12 x 10 cm 

Price £14.00

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Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse 1806-1877

Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death in 1877

Artist/Engraver August Kneisel after Cäcilie Brandt circa 1820
Size 19 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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Johann Friedrich Hirt 1719-1783 German theologian

In 1775 he was appointed as the first professor of the theological faculty in Wittenberg. He thus became senior pastor at the Wittenberg town church , general superintendent of the Saxon electoral district and assessor at the Wittenberg consistory . He held these offices until his death in 1783. In his writings he deals with the exegesis of the Old Testament, Hebrew grammar and archaeology and other Semitic languages.

Artist/Engraver G. C. Schmidt
Size 20 x 17 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3684

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden 1655-1707

As a war hero, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden (1655–1707) garnered great praise. Simultaneously, he was a ruling sovereign and, in Sibylla Augusta, had a wife who loved him. And yet, he was in no way satisfied with his political success when he began building his residence in Rastatt.

Artist/Engraver Meyer
Size 23 x 16 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3682

Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden 1626-1671

Second son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catharina Ursula von Hohenzollern–Hechingen. He was also the uncle of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
The first Reichs-Generalfeldmarschall of the Reichsarmee in 1664, he fought against Sweden in Pomerania and against the Turks in Hungary at the Battle of Saint Gotthard. He was Governor and head of the General staff in Warasdin, Croatia, which was part of the Holy Roman Empire (1198–1806).

Artist/Engraver Johann Hoffmann (1629-1698)
Size 36 x 27 cms
Price £48.00

Ref:3672

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