Tag Archives: Germany

Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria 1636-1679

Ferdinand Maria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. The Elector modernized the army and introduced Bavaria’s first government code. Besides encouraging agriculture and industry, he also improved building and restoration works on churches and monasteries since the damage caused during the Thirty Years’ War.

Artist/Engraver Jacob Andreas Friedrich
Size 27 x 16 cms
Price £35.00

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John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony 1503-1554

John Frederick I, called the Magnanimous , Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg from 1532, was the principal defender of Luther, a fact that brought him into conflict with Charles V. In 1546 these differences resulted in an armed conflict that culminated at Mühlberg l 1547 when the Imperial army defeated the Schmalkaldic League and captured its leaders, John Frederick and Philip of Hesse. John Frederick was condemned to death, a punishment that was commuted to life imprisonment in exchange for the surrender of the state capital Wittenberg by his wife, Sibyl of Cleves.

Artist/Engraver
Size 18 x 11 cms
Price £14.00

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Leopold Joseph von Daun 1705-1766

Leopold Joseph Maria was born at Vienna, the son of Count Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669–1741) and his wife, Countess Maria Barbara von Herberstein (1675–1735). The Daun noble family originated from the Rhineland and derived its name from the ancestral seat at Daun south of the High Eifel range. He was first cousin of Countess Eleonora Ernestina von Daun, who later married the Marquis of Pombal, the noted Portuguese statesman.

Artist/Engraver
Size 10 x 6 cms
Price £14.00

Ref: 3615

Damian Hugo von Virmond 1666-1722

Damian Hugo Franz Adrian Anton Freiherr von Viermund, from 1706 Imperial Count of and to Virmont (born August 24, 1666 in Herten; † April 21, 1722 in Sibiu) was a baron, from 1706 Count, from Neersen and a member of the Lower Rhine noble family Virmond- Neersen (1502–1744). He was an imperial general and diplomat and rose to the rank of imperial count through special services in the Turkish wars.

Artist/Engraver Georg Daniel Heumann
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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William IV, Duke of Bavaria 1493-1550

William IV (Wilhelm IV; 13 November 1493 – 7 March 1550) was Duke of Bavaria from 1508 to 1550, until 1545 together with his younger brother Louis X, Duke of Bavaria. He was born in Munich to Albert IV and Kunigunde of Austria, a daughter of Emperor Frederick III.

Artist/Engraver Peter Troschel c.1620-c.1667
Size 29 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich 1665-1743

Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich was born at Burg Eltz on 26 October 1665. In 1686, he enrolled in the Collegium Germanicum in Rome and received a substantial theological education. He later became a canon of Mainz Cathedral and later also of Trier Cathedral.

Artist/Engraver
Size 19 x 11 cms
Price £18.00

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Johann Heinrich Berger 1657-1732

Berger married Maria Sophia Jacobi (* 1665 Dresden; † 1711), the daughter of Dr. jur. Adam Christoph Jacobi and Maria Gertrud Börner (1645–1711). The couple had eight children, four sons and a daughter survived him. The surviving sons were Christof Heinrich von Berger, Johann Samuel von Berger (born August 16, 1691 in Wittenberg † September 17, 1757 in Celle, enrolled at the University of Wittenberg on October 14, 1703, received a master’s degree in philosophy, licentiate on October 18, 1709 and doctor of medicine in September 1713, doctor in Celle, married for the second time in 1726 to Margarethe Louise von Ramdohr (1705–1790), granddaughter of Andreas Ramdohr), Johann August von Berger and Friedrich Ludwig von Berger. The daughter married the theologian Andreas Charitius.

Artist/Engraver
Size 20 x 15 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3599

Ignaz Kassian Bonaventura von Enzenberg 1709-1772

Ignaz Kassian Bonaventura von Enzenberg (born July 14, 1709 in Brixen; † September 18, 1772 in Untermais near Meran), senior clerk and court chamber councilor.

Artist/Engraver Franz Carl Reissig
Size 16 x 9.5 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3598

Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden 1626-1671


He was the 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.
Artist: Paul Fürst 1608-1666
Size  10 x 6 cm

Price £14.00

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