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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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King Henri III of France (1551-1589), last king of the House of Valois, third son of Catherine de' Medici. His reign saw the civil war between Huguenots and the Catholic League.Henri III was assassinated by a monk of the League. Canvas, 199 x 117 cm Inv.81
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King Henri III of France (1551-1589), last king of the House of Valois,...

Maria de Medici (1573-1641), wife of Henri IV, regent for Louis XIII after the assassination of Henri IV. Canvas, 54 x 48 cm Inv. 5601
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Maria de Medici (1573-1641), wife of Henri IV, regent for Louis XIII after the...

Rudolf II Emperor (1552-1612). Canvas (around 1600-1603) 60 x 48 cm Inv. 6438
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Rudolf II Emperor (1552-1612). Canvas (around 1600-1603...

Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden (1594-1632). Leader of the Protestants during the Thirty Years War. He died in the battle of Luetzen in 1632. Father of Queen Christina, last of the House of Wasa. Canvas, 77.5 x 59.5 cm Inv. 8316
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Gustav Adolph, King of Sweden (1594-1632). Leader of the Protestant...

Fieldmarshal Wallenstein's order to Fieldmarshal Count Pappenheim, to intervene in the battle of Luetzen, where both, Count Pappenheim and King Gustav Adolf of Sweden were killed. The letter is stained with Pappenheim's blood.
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Fieldmarshal Wallenstein's order to Fieldmarshal Count Pappenheim, to int...

From left to right: Colonel Butler, Count Tertzky, Baron Kinsky and others, assassinated together with their commander Fieldmarshal Albrecht Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, in the Pachelbel House at Eger, Bohemia, on February 25, 1634.
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From left to right: Colonel Butler, Count Tertzky, Baron Kinsky and others,...

The assassination of Fieldmarshal Albrecht Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, on February 25,1634 in the Pachelbel House at Eger, Bohemia.
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The assassination of Fieldmarshal Albrecht Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, on Fe...

The "Peace Chapel" of Karlovac, Croatia, built in commemoration of the peace of Karlovac in 1699, concluded after the victories of Prince Eugene of Savoy over the Turks near Zenta in 1696.
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The "Peace Chapel" of Karlovac, Croatia, built in commemoration of the...

Troops mass outside the Vienna Imperial Palace, shouting for "Nandl", Emperor Ferdinand II, to appear. The scene marked the beginning of the Thirty Years War in 1618.
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Troops mass outside the Vienna Imperial Palace, shouting for "Nandl", Em...

Byzantine Emperor Constantine (280-337) on horseback, medal made for the Duc de Berry,around 1410. Obverse side 40-01-04/39 MK 292
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Byzantine Emperor Constantine (280-337) on horseback, medal made for the Duc d...

Gala dinner in honour of the wedding of Crownprince Joseph (later Emperor Joseph II) and Princess Isabella of Parma, at Schoenbrunn Palace, Vienna, in 1760. At the head of the table the bridegroom's parents, Emperor Franz Stephan and Empress Maria Theresia.
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Gala dinner in honour of the wedding of Crownprince Joseph (later Emperor Jo...

Tomb of Gideon Ernst von Laudon (1717-1790), Austrian Fieldmarshal, who distinguished himself in the Seven Years War against King Friedrich II of Prussia and reconquered Belgrade in 1789. Tomb in Hadersdorf, Vienna Woods, next to the fieldmarshal's country seat.
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Tomb of Gideon Ernst von Laudon (1717-1790), Austrian Fieldmarshal, who distin...