Tag Archives: Military

General Riego 1784-1823

Rafael del Riego y Flórez was a Spanish general and liberal politician, who played a key role in the establishment of the Liberal Triennium.
Size 10 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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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)
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Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Johan Rantzau 1492-1565

Johan Rantzau (12 November 1492 – 12 December 1565) was a German-Danish field marshal and statesman known for his role in the Count’s Feud.[1] His military leadership ensured the succession of Christian III to the throne, which brought about the Reformation in Denmark.
Size 10.5 x 13 cms
Price £28.00

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Louis-Nicolas d’Avout 1770-1823

Louis-Nicolas d’Avout better known as Davout, 1st Prince of Eckmühl, 1st Duke of Auerstaedt, was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire
Date:
Size 9 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:677

Enrico Cialdini, Duca di Gaeta 1811-1892 General

Enrico Cialdini, Duke of Gaeta (Castelvetro di Modena, 8 August 1811 – Livorno, 8 September 1892), was an Italian nobleman, general, diplomat and politician. He was one of the most important military figures of the Piedmontese army and later of the Italian Royal Army, in particular during the Piedmontese campaign in central Italy of 1860, the siege of Gaeta, the repression of the post-unification Italian Brigandage and the Third Italian War of Independence
Size 17 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

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General Antoine Drouot

General Antoine Drouot, Comte Drouot 1774 -1847 was a French officer who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Drouot is one of a select group who were present at both the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) and the Battle of Waterloo (1815).Drouot’s name is inscribed on the western pillar under the Arc de Triomphe.

Artist: H.Garnier
Date:
Size 16 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:666

John Zizka of Trocnov 1360-1424

Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (English: John Zizka of Trocnov and the Chalice;  was a Czech general who was a contemporary and follower of Jan Hus and was a Radical Hussite and led the Taborites. Žižka was a successful military leader and is now a Czech national hero. He was nicknamed “One-eyed Žižka”, having lost one and then both eyes. Jan Žižka led Hussite forces against three crusades and never lost a single battle although he was completely blind in his last stages of life.
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1737-1815

Born at Schloß Ehrenburg in Coburg, he was the youngest son of Duke Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He was the great-uncle of King Leopold I of Belgium (1790–1865); and the great-great-uncle of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819–1901).
Artist: Muller
Date:
Size 10.5 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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