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Portraits of Historical Rulers

Engravings of historical kings and rulers, capturing their attire and regal demeanor through intricate designs and detailed portraits.

HAROLD I HAREFOOT Son of King Cnut. Seized the throne in 1037 with the aid of his mother and a party of nobles.
HAROLD I HAREFOOT Son of King Cnut. Seized the throne in 1037 with the aid of his mother and a party of nobles.
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Byzantine Emperor Anastasius, Anastasios II or Anastasius II, died 719. Eastern Roman Emperor. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697.PADILLA , JUAN DE. NOBLE CASTELLANO. TOLEDO 1484 - 1521. GRABADO RETRATO.Haarlem, Visscher, Cornelis (II), Wilhelmvs Vtvs, Margaretæ Et Lvd. Bav. F, Portrait of William V of Holland, verso - stamped, William V of Holland, Count of Holland and Zeeland. He wears a hat decorated with feathers and precious stones., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 404 mm, width 294 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1629 - 1658-01-16, print maker, prentmaker, 1650 - 1650, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), etchingSeferkazi Aga.Visscher, Cornelis, work, Florentius I, (1000 - 2000), copper engraving, graphics, 40.3 cm x 29.4 cmMichael III., Zar of Russia.WILLIAM I THE CONQUEROR holding a sword : lower vignette shows him with the Domesday Book Date: 1027 - 1087CHINTILA (-640) REY DE LOS VISIGODOS ENTRE LOS AÑOS 531 Y 548 - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: ARNOLDO VAN WESTERHOUT (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Albrecht of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from the 19th century, exact date unknownAlfonso I the Battler (1073-1134). King of Aragon and Navarre (1104-1134). He participated in the Reconquest against Muslims in the Ebro Valley area. Portrait. Illustration by Santiago Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Aragon, 1866.Alfonso II the Chaste (ca.760-842). King of Asturias. Portrait. Engraving.Orsini, nicció Grafonon from the Petliano.Portrait of Georg Skanderberg; Scanderberg Roy D'Epire. Portrait bust in oval to the right of the Albanian frost Georg Skanderberg, with feathered headdress and shrouded in a harness. Under the oval, the name and title of the portrayed are stated on a base.RECESVINTO (-672) REY DE LOS VISIGODOS ENTRE LOS AÑOS 653 Y 672 - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: ARNOLDO VAN WESTERHOUT (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.John de Balliol or Baliol King of the Scots circa 1249 to 1314. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890Portrait of Orcan Persarum Rex, holding a commander's staff and a turban on his head. Portrait of Orcan Persarum Rex, print maker: Cornelis Meyssens, (mentioned on object), publisher: Joannes Meyssens, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1650 - 1670, paper, engraving, h 174 mm × w 121 mmArtist: Léonard Gaultier, French, ca. 1561-1641, Portrait of Louis XIII (Roy de France et deNavarre), ca.1601, Engraving, platemark: 18.3 × 12.2 cm (7 3/16 × 4 13/16 in.), Made in France, French, 17thcentury, Works on Paper -PrintsPeaceable.Henry II, or Henry Plantagenet, King of England, 1133-1189. In crown and ermine mantle, holding orb and sceptre. King Henry II of England. Henricus II, DG Rex Ang Dux Norman. et Dom Hib. From William Faithorne's set of Kings, sold by Robert Peake. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburns Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martins Lane, London, 1816.. Portrait of Orcan Persarum Rex, with a commander's staff in his hand and a turban on his head.Fritzsch, Christian Friedrich, Portrait of Matthias of Austria, Roman-German Emperor, verso - stamped, Portrait bust in oval to left of Matthias of Austria, with crown. Around his neck hangs a chain with the symbol of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Below the oval, on a plinth, his name, titles and date of death are listed., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 179 mm, width 111 mm, 1719 - 1774, print maker, prentmaker, 1753 - 1774, paper, papier, etching, etchingsLeontios, Oströmischer Kaiser.SISEBUTO (/621) REY DE LOS VISIGODOS ENTRE LOS AÑOS 612 Y 621 - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: ARNOLDO VAN WESTERHOUT (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.John III 20 December 1537, 17 November 1592, was King of Sweden from 1568 to 1592, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact d...Morosini, Marino.Ludwig X., King of France.John Stuart or Stewart 3rd Earl of Buchan Constable of France Scottish noble from Iconographia Scotica or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland by John Pinkerton published London 1797 Engraved by BirrellCrescentiis, Petrus.Philipp VI., King of France.Portrait of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, Keizer, Pieter de Jode (II), After Titian, 1628 - 1670 print Portrait of Ferdinand I of Habsburg, Halven Lijve. He wears armor and holds a sword in his left hand. In the margin a two -way caption in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving / etching armour. hacking and thrusting weapons: swordHeinrich V. of the religious, Duke of Saxony.Fondulo, Cabrino.Maximilian I., Roman-German Emperor Lithograph: Küntzel, AugustKing Edward II of England 1284 to 1327 From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890PortraT van Luchino Visconti, Anonymous, After Tobias Stimmer, 1549 - 1575 print Print is part of an album. paper historical personsPortrait of Ferdinand I (1503-1564) 31st Holy Roman emperor, by Barthel Beham (1502-1540) 1531. Was the son of Philip I of Castile and Queen Joanna I of Castile, grandson of Emperor Maximilian I and younger brother of future emperor Charles V. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874ALFONSO III EL MAGNO (848-910) REY DE ASTURIAS DESDE EL AO 866 AL 910 - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: Arnoldo van Westerhout (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION, MADRID, SPAIN.Portrait of Abbas I, Shah of Persia, Portrait of Abbas I in a rectangular frame. He wears a turban and holds a scepter in his right hand. In the background an army passes by. Top right a coat of arms. In the lower margin are name and title., print, prints, Frankenportretten, height 197 mm, width 135 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1600 - 1699, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process)Belgioioso Ludovico Barbian, Count of.Giovanni de Medici.Charles II (823-877), more commonly nicknamed Charles the Bald, was the son of Emperor Louis the Pious from his second wife. It was his mother's attempts to ensure Charles was included in Louis' succession plans that led to the multiple civil wars by Charles' half-brothers against his father. When Charles' father died in 840, another civil war broke out between the emperor's sons, with Charles allying himself with his half-brother Louis the German against the new emperor, Lothair I. They defeated Lothair in 841, and cemented their alliance with the Oaths of Strasbourg and the Treaty of Verdun in 843, where he received the Kingdom of West Francia. His reign was peaceful for many years until 858, when Louis the German invaded West Francia, invited by disaffected nobles wanting to get rid of Charles. Louis the German was eventually repulsed, but other matters preoccupied Charles, such as unsuccessful attempts to seize the kingdoms of his nephews or the repeated rebellions and attacks by Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger depicting Johann Friedrich the Greater, highlighting portrait, attire, and posture.Henry III, King of England.Artist: Benoist'Clifford', (1558-1605), 1830. George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558-1605) English peer, naval commander, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I of England, for his jousting. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830FOIX, GASTON DE. MILITAR FRANCES. 1489-1512. GRABADO. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.TEODOREDO TAMBIEN CONOCIDO POR TEODORICO I (/451) - REY VISIGODO - EFFIGIES ET SERIES REGUM HISPANIAE - GRABADO SIGLO XVII. Author: ARNOLDO VAN WESTERHOUT (1651-1725). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Wilfred I the Hairy (840- 897). Count of Barcelona, Cerdanya, Urgell, Girona and Besalu. Lithography, detail. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Catalonia. 1866.Boucicaut, Jean .Christian IV of Denmark (1577-1648). King of Denmark and Norway. Engraving by Th. Matham, 17th century.Henri Christophe, Henri I, King of Haiti ((Cristoforo) Enrico I, Re di Hayti) Torchiana.. Lithograph, Sheet: 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (28.9 x 21.6 cm). European ArtLouis XI the Wise, Louis XI le prudent, 3 July 1423-30 August 1483, King of France from 1461 to 1483, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not knownRobert I. The Way, King of Naples.Behaim, Sebald .Portrait of Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370-1440) who allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg. Dated 17th centuryHaarlem, Visscher, Cornelis (II), Theodoricvs IV, Ab Excessv Patris Svi, Portrait of Dirk IV, Count of Holland, verso - stamped, Dirk IV, in armor. He wears a helmet. The frame is decorated with the coat of arms of Holland., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 402 mm, width 296 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1629 - 1658-01-16, print maker, prentmaker, 1650 - 1650, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), etchingAlfons III., The Great, King of Asturias and León.Portrait of Charles V of Habsburg, print maker: Ferdinando Selma, (mentioned on object), after: Titiaan, (mentioned on object), Spain, 1778, paper, etching, h 268 mm - w 198 mmPhilipp VI., King of France.Sancho IV of Castile, so-called "the Brave" (1258-1295). King of Castile and Leon (1284-1295). Portrait. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).Mathis Zundt, Count Nicolas Zrinyi Count Nicolas ZrinyiAugust, Elector of Saxony.Portrait of King Edelberd, Johann Franck, 1650 - 1699 print paper engraving historical persons. ruler, sovereign. crown (symbol of sovereignty)Kara Mustafa Pasha, 1634, 25 December 1683, was Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Sultan Mehmed IV. Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire and Commander-in-Chief at the Second Siege of Vienna at the beginning of the Great Turkish War, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownPortrait of Philip II, King of Spain Unknown. , 18th-early 19th century. Oil on canvas, 19 7/8 x 14 1/2in. (50.5 x 36.8cm). American Art 18th-early 19th centuryMienczylaw, King of Poland.Henry The Second, from his tomb at Anjou. Henry II (5 March 1133 - 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle, Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189.Dürer, Albrecht, work, Bust of Emperor Maximilian, woodcut, graphic, 54 cm x 38 cmFerdinand II of Aragon, called The Catholic (1452-1516). King of the Crown of Aragon. King of Castile as Ferdinand V (1474-1504). Portrait. Engraving by Masson. Lithographed by Magín Pujadas. Detail. "Historia General de España", by Modesto Lafuente. Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1879. Author: Antoine Masson (1636-1700). French artist.Penning with portrait of Johan van der Does, lord of Noordwijk, commander in Leiden during the siege, 1574, 1721 - 1723 print Penning with portrait of Johan van der Does, lord of Noordwijk, commander in Leiden during the siege, 1574. Silver medal. Front: breastpiece man inside change. Reverse: sword and book lying on a table under an oak and an olive branch inside change. Another medal is shown on the back. Northern Netherlands paper etching medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function) LeidenErwig (d. 687). King of the Visigoths in Hispania from 680 to 687. Portrait. Engraving. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume II, Madrid-Barcelona, 1853.Edward III 1312-1377 King of England From Old England's Worthies by Lord Brougham and others published London circa 1880'sBermudo III of Leo_n (1017-1037). King of Leon (1028-1037). Engraving.Peter I of Castile (1334-1369) or Peter the Cruel. King of Castile and Leon. Engraving in Spain Illustrated History, 19th century.Otto I, the Great, 912 - 973, historical illustration from Bildnisse der Deutschen Koenige und Kaiser, Portraits of German Kings and Emperors, by Professor Heinrich Schneider, Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha, 1889Portrait of Francois Snyders, after the etching of Van Dyck, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1852.William the Congueror, King William I of England, c. 1028-1087. In helmet crown with dragon crest, plate armour, holding a sword and shield. Wilhelmus Conquestor Rex Anglia Dux Norman. From William Faithorne's set of Kings, sold by Robert Peake. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburns Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martins Lane, London, 1816.Theoderich II., King of the Westgoten.Postumus (-269) claimed to have been a Batavian, though little is known about his early life. He joined and quickly ascended through the ranks of the army, until he eventually held command over Roman forces 'among the Celts'. He and his forces eventually revolted in 260, proclaiming himself emperor in opposition to Emperor Gallienus.Heinrich V., King of England.Sancho III., King of Castile.Otto II (born 955) (died 7 December 983) from the noble family of the Liudolfing was Roman-German Emperor from 973 to 983, Historical, digitally resto...Konstantin VII., Kaiser of Byzantium.Richard II (1367-1400) king of England from 1377; forced to abdicate in September 1399 in favour of Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV). Died, probably murdered, in Pontefract Castle early in 1400. A member of the Plantagenet dynasty. Wood engraving c1900.Alfons III., The Great, King of Asturias and León.Shah Mahmud Hotaki (1697-1725) was an Afghan ruler of the Hotaki dynasty who defeated and overthrew the Safavid dynasty to become the king of Persia from 1722 until his death in 1725. He was the eldest son of Mir Wais Hotak, the chief of the Ghilzai-Pashtun tribe of Afghanistan, who had made the Kandahar region independent from Persian rule in 1709.Luis Vaz de Camoes, Luiz Vaz de Camoes, 1524 or 1525 -10 June 1579 or 1580, considered one of Portugal's most important poets, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century originalFrancisco Pizarro (1478-1541). Spanish conqueror of the Inca empire. Portrait. Engraving. "Historia Universal", by Cesar Cantu. Volume IV, 1856.Ludwig Ix., King of France, Saint.Ferdinand III (1608-1657) was the eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand II. He became Archduke of Austria in 1621, King of Hungary in 1625 and King of Bohemia in 1627. Ferdinand was appointed head of the Imperial Army in 1634 during the Thirty Years' War, and was vital in the negotiation of the Peace of Prague in 1635, the same year he was elected King of Germany. When his father died in 1637, he succeeded him as Holy Roman Emperor.Joachim II Hector, Hektor, 13 January 1505 - 3 January 1571, of the Hohenzollern dynasty was Margrave of Brandenburg and Elector and Arch Chamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire from 1535 to 1571, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century originalCardinal Richelieu, c1637, (18th century) Artist: AnonMONTEZUMA, 1466-1520, last king of the Aztecs, lithograph, 1832Alonso de Ercilla (1533Ð1594). Spanish nobleman, soldier and epic poet. Colored engraving.Anastasius II (-719), also known as Anastasios II and originally named Artemius, was a bureaucrat and imperial secretary in the Byzantine court. He was proclaimed emperor in 713 by the Opsician army after they had overthrown Emperor Philippicus. Changing his name to Anastasius, he took the throne and turned on those who had aided his rise by executing those directly involved in the conspiracy against Philippicus.Pesaro, Giovanni.Volusianus (-253), also known as Volusian, was the son of Emperor Trebonianus Gallus, and later made co-emperor alongside his father in 251. Their rule only lasted two years though, as they were murdered by mutinous troops in 253, while marching to face the ususper Aemilian.King William II of England. Artist: UnknownRichard II, King of England.Artist: J SmithVillaret, Foulques de .Franz von Sickingen was a German knight, one of the most important personalities of the first period of the Reformation, Historical, digitally restore...