Tag Archives: Spanish

Eleonora Gonzaga 1598–1655

Eleonora Gonzaga, was born Princess of Mantua as a member of the House of Gonzaga and by marriage Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia
Size 16 x 27 cms
Price £28.00

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Francisco Javier Mina 1789-1817

General Martín Francisco Javier Mina y Larrea, nicknamed El Mozo or El Estudiante, was a Spanish lawyer and army officer, who later became a Mexican independence figure.
Artist: Julio Alvarez
Date:
Size 12 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Francesco III Gonzaga 2nd Duke of Mantua 1533-1550

Francesco III Gonzaga was Duke of Mantua and Marquess of Montferrat from 1540 until his death. He was the eldest son of Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and his wife Margaret Paleologina.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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Maria Amalia of Saxony 1724 -1760, queen of Naples and Sicily

Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga;  was Queen of Spain from 10 August 1759 until her death in 1760 as the wife of King Charles III. Previously, she had been Queen of Naples and Sicily since marrying Charles on 19 June 1738. She was born a princess of Poland and Saxony, daughter of King Augustus III of Poland and Princess Maria Josepha of Austria. Maria Amalia and Charles had thirteen children, of whom seven survived into adulthood. A popular consort, Maria Amalia oversaw the construction of the Caserta Palace outside Naples as well as various other projects, and she is known for her influence upon the affairs of state.
Artist: Martin Friedrich Bernigeroth 1737-1801
Date:
Size 22 x 32 cms
Price £28.00

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Carlos, Prince of Asturias 1545-1568

Carlos, Prince of Asturias, also known as Don Carlos (8 July 1545 – 24 July 1568), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Philip II of Spain. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. Carlos was known to be mentally unstable and was imprisoned by his father in early 1568, dying after half a year of solitary confinement. His imprisonment and death were utilized in Spain’s Black Legend. His life inspired the play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller and the opera Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi.
Size 18 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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Carlos II, King of Spain 1661-1700

Charles II was the last of the Habsburg dynasty to rule Spain. Known as ‘the Bewitched’ he suffered from physical and intellectual disabilities cause by generations of inbreeding and was regarded as a weak and ineffectual ruler.
Date:1683
Size 16.5 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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Isabel II, Queen of Spain 1830-1904

Isabella II (10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen reigning in the history of the United States Spain. Isabella was the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII and Queen Maria Christina.
Size 24 x 31 cms
Price £35.00

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Margaret Theresa of Spain 1651-1673

Margaret Theresa of Spain was, by marriage to Leopold I, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the elder full-sister of Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. She is the central figure in the famous Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, and the subject of many of his later paintings.
Size 6 x 7 cms
Price £14.00

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