German philologist, philosopher and linguist.
Size 9 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:174
Tag Archives: Germany
Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener 1714-1771
German writer of prose satires and publicist of the Enlightenment. He was born at Wachau near Leipzig, and he died at Dresden. In 1741 he made his debut as satirist in Schwabe’s Belustigungen des Verstandes und Witzes, and was subsequently a contributor to the Bremer Beitrage.
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:487
Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 1573-1651
Maximilian I, occasionally called “the Great”, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years’ War during which he obtained the title of a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire at the 1623 Diet of Regensburg.
Size 11 x 15 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:914
Johann Rudolf von Puchheim 1605-1651
Son of Count Johann Christoph von Puchheim, II. and Countess Susanna von Puchheim
Husband of Maria Elisabeth von Püchheim
Father of Countess Maria Maximiliana von Stubenberg
Brother of Johann Christoph III, Count of Puchheim; Otto Friedrich von Puchheim; Countess Eva Susanna Palfi; Maria Elisabeth von Puchheim and Johanna Constanzia von Puchheim
Size 16 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2241
Ludwig Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden 1655-1707
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany and chief commander of the Imperial army. He was also known as Türkenlouis for his numerous victories against Ottoman forces
Size 8 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2612
Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck 1639-1688
Otto Wilhelm Graf (count) von Königsmarck, born 1639 in Minden, Germany, died 1688 in Modon, Greece, was a German-Swedish count, military officer, field marshal since 1667, Governor General for Swedish Pomerania (1679-1687), leader of the Venetian conquest of the Morea in the beginning of the Morea War; son of Hans Christoff Königsmarck; he died of the plague on an admiral’s ship at the Greece shore.
Artist: Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz (active 1670-1689)
Date:
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:176
Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus von Nassau-Weilburg 1792 – 1839
Wilhelm was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father’s cousin Frederick Augustus, reigning from 1816 until 1839. He was also sovereign Prince of Nassau-Weilburg from 1816 until its incorporation into the duchy of Nassau.
Artist: Nordheim
Date:
Size 12 x 17.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1520
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1737-1815
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was a military commander in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He began his career at the age of 18 in a cavalry regiment with which he took part in the Seven Years’ War. Coburg’s bravery allowed him to quickly rise through the ranks. Promoted to colonel in 1759, he became a general officer in the following years and, in this capacity, took command of an army corps during the Austro-Turkish War. Coburg campaigned successfully in Moldavia where he won the battles of Focşani, Rymnik and Martinestje against the Ottomans, which earned him the rank of field marshal in 1789.
Artist: F.Muller
Date:
Size 14 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1054