Royal Portraits and Historical Figures

Engravings and illustrations of medieval kings and emperors, presenting royal attire and ceremonial elements from historical contexts.

Berengar II of Italy

Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus. Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great)

KING ROBERT BRUCE

Henry II, King of England.Artist: Robert Peake

Berengar II of Italy

Karl I, the big, Roman emperor.

Historical steel engraving from the 19th Century, portrait, the French aristocrat Pepin le Bref or Pepin the Younger or Pepin III or Pippin the Short, King of the Franks from the dynasty of the Carolingians and the father of Charlemagne, 8th Century

King Edward III, 1793. Artist: Unknown.

WILLIAM I THE CONQUEROR Reigned 1066-1087 Date: 1027 - 1087

Portrait of Lotharius III of France, Coenraet Waumans, 1662 print Portrait of Lotharius of France. In the margin there are coat of arms and a four -line caption with biographical data in French. Antwerp paper engraving armorial bearing, heraldry

Vladislaw III., Duke of Poland.

Portrait of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian II 1527-1576, also Maximilian the Other, was Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Karl I, the big, Roman emperor.

Clovis, the first Christian King of the Franks, (1806).Artist: J Chapman

'Charles the Great', c1930. Creator: Unknown.

Johann III., King of Sweden.

EDWARD II

Stephen, the last Norman King of England, 1860. Artist: Unknown

Portrait of King Alfons III of Portugal, Cornelis Galle (I), 1621 print print maker: Southern Netherlandsprint maker: Antwerp paper engraving insignia and symbols of sovereignty (crown, diadem, sceptre, orb, seal, standard, cloak, pectoral) Portugal

Frederick III, 1415 - 1493, historical illustration from Bildnisse der Deutschen Koenige und Kaiser, Portraits of German Kings and Emperors, by Professor Heinrich Schneider, Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha, 1889

Richard I. Lowenherz, King of England.

ETHELRED II The Unready

King Stephen of England also Stephen of Blois 1096 - 1154 Last Norman king of England From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary published 1825

Diego Velazquez de Cuellar (ca. 1464-1524). Spanish conquistador. Governor of Cuba from 1511. Portrait. Drawing by Salcedo. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias (General Chronicle of Spain, Illustrated and Descriptive History of its Provinces), Antilles, 1871.

Merovech, Meroveus, Merovechus, Merovius or Mérovée, king of the Salian Franks from the Merovingian dynasty, 5th century

Claudius, Roman emperor.

Alfonso VI of Leon (1040-1109). King of Leon (1065-1070) and king of Castile and Leon (1072-1109. Called the Brave. Illustration by Llanta. Portrait. Lithography. Crónica General de España, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Castilla-La Vieja, 1870.

Morosini, Francesco.

KING HENRY I OF ENGLAND (1068 - 1135) Reigned 1100 - 1135

Bermudo III of León (1017-1037). King of Leon (1028-1037). Engraving. Colored.

Historical steel engraving from the 19th Century, portrait, the Frankish king of the Merovingian dynasty, Chlodwig I or Chlodowech or Clovis or Chlodovechus, the founder of the Frankish Empire, 5th Century

Maximilian I Archduke Maximilian of Austria, 22 March 1459, 12 January 1519, of the Habsburg dynasty was Duke of Burgundy by marriage from 1477, Roman-German King from 1486, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Don Ordoño II Adefónsiz (871-León, 924). Rey de León.

George Vertue, 1684-1756, British, Edward III, King of England and France, 1732. Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

Portrait of King Christopher of Bavaria (1416-1448) King of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Dated 15th Century

Maximilian I Archduke Maximilian of Austria, 22 March 1459, 12 January 1519, of the Habsburg dynasty was Duke of Burgundy by marriage from 1477, Roman...

Fruela II (ca. 874-925). King of Asturias (910-924) and King of León (924-925). Portrait. Engraving. Las Glorias Nacionales, Volume II, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1853.

Silo, King of Asturias.

Erwig (d. 687). King of the Visigoths in Hispania from 680 to 687. Portrait. Engraving. Later colouration. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume II, Madrid-Barcelona, 1853.

Mary E Humes, Figurehead Warrior, c 1938 Figurehead: Warrior

Cnut, c. 990 - 1035, aka Cnut the Great and Canute. King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. From Cassell's Illustrated History of E

Augustus, Julius Caesar.

Childebert I, King of the Franks by Bezard, Jean Louis (1799-1881) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles /France / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 92x74,5 / History painting

William I (c. 1028 1087), known as William the Conqueror or William the Bastard. first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.

Wladyslaw the Expulsed or Wladislav II of Silesia, Władysław II Wygnaniec, (born 1105, died May 30, 1159) was Duke of Silesia in 1138 - 1146 and, as Władysław II, Senior Duke of Poland, illustration, reproduction of a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Frederick I (1122-1190), also known as Frederick Barbarossa, was the nephew of German king Conrad III, and became Duke of Swabia in 1147. When Conrad died in 1152, he named Frederick as his successor on his deathbed, rather than his own son, Frederick IV of Swabia. He was later crowned King of Italy and Holy Roman emperor in 1155, as well as being proclaimed King of Burgundy in 1178. Frederick was given the name Barbarossa ('red beard') by the northern Italian cities he attempted to conquer, waging six campaigns in all to subsume Italy, struggling constantly with the various popes and interference from the Byzantine Empire. Frederick embarked on the Third Crusade in 1189, after his sixth and final Italian expedition ended in success, a massive campaign in conjunction with the French King Philip Augustus and the English King Richard the Lionheart. Before Frederick arrived in Jerusalem however, he drowned in the Saleph river in 1190, leaving the German army in a state of chaos and ultima

Martin of Aragon the Humane (1356-1410). King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, Corsica and Count of Barcelona. Lithography. Later colouration. Cronica General de Espa-a, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Catalonia. 1866.

Iziaslav II Mstislavich (c. 1096 ñ1154), Grand Prince of Kiev

Henry II (born 6 May 973 or 978) (died 13 July 1024), saint (since 1146), from the noble family of the Ottonians was as Henry IV from 995 to 1004 and ...

Wilfred I the Hairy (840- 897). Count of Barcelona, Cerdanya, Urgell, Girona and Besalú. Portrait. Engraving by Antonio Roca. Las Glorias Nacionales, 1853.

Emperor Henry VI on His Throne, 1190 ca. 1310-1340 Artist Unknown Illuminated Manuscript Heidelberg University Llibrary, Germany

Alfonso VI (1040-1109), nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo) or the Valiant. King of Leo_n from 1065, King of Castile and de facto King of Galicia from 1072. Self-proclaimed "Emperor of all Spain". Colored engraving.

Portrait of Philippe I the Amorous (1052 - 1108). King of France from 1060 to 1108. House of Capet, Direct Capetians or House of France. History of France, from the book Atlas de la France 1842

Karl I, the big, Roman emperor.

Coloman the Learned (c. 1070-1116). King of Hungary (1095-1116) and Croatia (1097-1116). Portrait. Engraving by Trichon. "Los Heroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856. Author: Auguste Trichon (1814-1898). French engraver.

Henry IV (1050-1106), son of Emperor Henry III, was crowned King of Germany in 1056 after his father's death, though his young age meant his mother ruled as regent in his stead. He was kidnapped in the Coup of Kaiserswerth in 1062, a conspiracy led by the Archbishop of Cologne Anno II, who ruled the Holy Roman Empire while supervising over Henry's education and training. When Anno was absent from Germany for a period, Henry managed to wrest back control of the government, and spent much of his reign consolidating his imperial power. The Investiture Controversy occurred during his rule, one of the most significant conflicts between Church and state in mediaeval Europe. Several civil wars were also waged over his throne, in both Germany and Italy, and while launching a third punitive expdition into Italy in 1093, Henry's son Conrad turned against him, crowned as King of Italy by one of Henry's fiercest foes, Matilda of Tuscany. Henry finally formally deposed Conrad in 1098 and named his

KING WILLIAM II

Historia de Catalunya. Jaime I de Aragón (1208-1276), rey de Catalunya y Aragón. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Wilfred I the Hairy (840-897). Count of Urgell (870Ð897), Cerdanya (870Ð897), Barcelona (878Ð897), Girona (878Ð897), Besalu (878Ð897), and Ausona (886Ð897). "The Counts of Barcelona vindicated," written by Prospero Bofarull (1777-1859), scholar and historian Catalan. Colored engraving.

Henry II, King of England, (c1850). Artist: Unknown

Wittiza (d. 710/711). Visigothic King of Hispania from 694 until his death, co-ruling with his father, Egica, until 702 or 703. He reigned alone until 710 or 711. Portrait. Engraving. Las Glorias Nacionales. Volume II, Madrid-Barcelona edition, 1853.

Francis I Of France Jean Couet

Charibert I, or Cherebert, c. 517-567, king of the Franks, the Merovingian King of Paris

Clemens IV. Born around 1200 in Saint-Gilles, died November 29, 1268 in Viterbo, from February 5, 1265, until his death Pope, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated,

Henry II, or Henry Curtmantle, Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, 1133 - 1189, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Nantes, King of England (1154-89)

England/Normandy: William I (c. 1028 - 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard. Taken from A History of England published c. 1860, engraver unknown

Ikona z basmą: Św. Mikołaj Cudotwórca. Kołotoszyn, Aleksiej Fiedorow (fl. 1842-1876), author, nieznany warsztat prawosławny (988-2000), workshop

Edward II of Caernarfon 1284 -1327 King of England 1307-1327 from the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary from 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Hugh Capet, Hugo Capet, Hugues Capet, c. 941-996, the first King of the Franks of the House of Capet

Wladyslaw I. Ellenlang, Władysław I Łokietek, Ladislaus, (born 1260, died March 1333 in Krakow, Poland) was Senior Duke of Poland as Władysław IV from 1306 (dux Regni Poloniae), and from 1320, as Władysław I, King of Poland, illustration, reproduction from a 19th-century model. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476) by Anonymous / Biblioteca Academiei Romane/ 19th century/ Lithograph/ Book design/ Portrait

Ulrich von Hutten was a German scholar, poet, satirist and reformer, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Frederick I called Barbarossa (born around 1122) (died 10 June 1190), from the noble family of the Hohenstaufen was Duke of Swabia from 1147 to 1152 as Frederick III. Duke of Swabia, from 1152 to 1190 Roman-German King and from 1155 to 1190 Emperor of the Roman-German Empire, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

VIAJE AL ESTRECHO DE JUAN DE FUCA - RELACION DEL VIAJE HECHO POR LAS GOLETAS SUTIL Y MEXICANA EN 1792 - RETRATO DEL JEFE TETACU. Author: FERNANDO SELMA (1752-1810). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Clovis (c. 466~511), first King of all the Franks, founder of the Merovingian dynasty. Clovis wears a long tunic decorated with a border embroidered in gold, a great mantle, boots and a diadem. His sceptre is of the greatest simplicity 77. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and Middle Ages, Vienna, 1796.

Historia de España. Enrique IV de Castilla (1425-1474), el Impotente. Grabado de 1872.

Luis Ferrant y Llausás / 'Sancho IV of Castile'. 1858. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Frederick I Barbarossa, 1122, 1190, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Germany, Italy and Burgundy From the book Crabbs Historical Dictionary, published 1825, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Cunipert, King of Longobards and King of Italy

Charles the Great, Carolus Magnus, Charlemagne, historical illustration from Bildnisse der Deutschen Koenige und Kaiser, Portraits of German Kings and Emperors, by Professor Heinrich Schneider, Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha, 1889

Peter the Great, after the painting by G. Kneller, Hampton Court, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Sir Rama Varma, Maharaja of Travancore, historical illustration, 1884

L'Empereur d'Allemagne. 1re moitie du XIe siecle: Manuscrit Francais, conserve a la Bibliothèque Impériale. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Emperors , Germany , 1000-1099

John I of Castile (1358-1390). King of Castile and Leon. House of Trastamara. Engraving, 1879.

Mieszko II Lambert (born 990, died May 10, 1034) was King of Poland from 1025, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown

Henry 1er, Roi de France, 1031-60. D'ap, une chronique du temps, a la Bibliothèque Impériale.. Jacquemin, Raphaël, 1821-1881. Deltre, Auguste, 1822-1907. Prints, Illustrations. 1869. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , France, Costume , France, Henry I, King of France

Portrait of Richard II of England (1367-1400) King of England until he was forced to abdicate. Dated 15th century

Portrait of Casimir the Great; Löffler, Leopold (1827-1898); 1864 (1864-00-00-1864-00-00);unknown, collection

GODUNOV, Boris (1551-1605). Favorito de Ivan IV "el Terrible". Miembro de la pequeña nobleza de origen tártaro. Ejerció una regencia de facto en Rusia entre 1584 y 1598. Coronado Zar de Rusia en el año 1598. Grabado coloreado.

Ramiro II of Leon (900-951). King of Leon from 931-951. Engraving. Colored.

Portrait of Childeric III (733 - 750). King of France from 742 to 750. Merovingian Dynasty. History of France, from the book Atlas de la France 1842

Frederick II (1194-1250) was the son of Emperor Henry VI, and was only an infant when crowned King of Sicily by his mother in 1198. When his mother died the same year, he was given to Pope Innocent III, who became his guardian. When Frederick came of age in 1208, he asserted his power over Sicily. Emperor Otto IV invaded Italy in 1209, hoping to conquer Sicily and bring Frederick to heel, but in 1211, Frederick was elected in absentia as King of Germany by various imperial princes fed up with Otto's rule. Frederick entered Germany with a small army and was formally crowned King of Germany in 1212. He became undisputed ruler in 1215 after Otto's abdication, and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1220. Frederick fought often with the papacy, and was excommunicated four times, even once being called an Antichrist. He became King of Jerusalem in 1225 through the Sixth Crusade, marrying Yolande of Jerusalem, heiress to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Frederick spoke six languages and was an avid

Rudolf I by Habsburg, King Eraser: Unknown artist dating: 1801/1900

Historia de Catalunya. Roger de Llúria (1245-1305), marino y militar italiano al servicio de la corona de Aragón, jefe de los almogávares. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

John I of Castile (1358-1390). King of Castile from 1379 to 1390. Engraving by Masson. Lithographed by Magín Pujadas. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1879. Author: Antoine Masson (1636-1700). French artist.

Clovis, Chlodovechus, Chlodwig I, Chlodowech, 466-511, King of the Franks of the Merovingian dynasty, digitally edited

Louis V, called The Lazy, c. 966/67-987, King of Western Francia

Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523) after a wood carving by E. Schoen

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