Gabrielle d’Estrées, Duchesse de Beaufort et Verneuil, Marquise de Monceaux was from 1592 to 1599, the mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Gabrielle d’Estrées (1570-1599). Mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Category: Renaissance
Anton Fugger. Prince of merchants, 16th century.
Anton Fugger was beside Jakob Fugger the most important member of this family
An English Gentleman in 1590, with shield and sword.
Selections Of The Ancient Costume Of Great Britain. Tudor fashion era.
Catherine Howard. Queen of England, 5th wife of King Henry VIII.
Catherine Howard c.1521 – 1542. She was from 1540 until 1541 Queen of England and the fifth wife of King Henry VIII.
Sir Thomas More. English statesman in the 16th century.
Sir Thomas More was an English statesman and author, noted renaissance humanist, councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.
The Egg of Columbus. Washington Irving’s “Columbus”.
The Egg of Columbus The Egg of Columbus is a phrase that describes an amazingly simple solution to an intractable problem.
German Landsquenet soldiers. 16th century military.
History of the Army. German Landsquenet soldiers 1562. 16th century mercenary military.
Imperial Herald and Lansquenet 1510-1550, by Hans Holbein.
Imperial Herald from the first half of the 16th century. Colored pen drawings by Hans Holbein. Garb of the common lansquenets.
Renaissance helmets of the 15th century.
Museum Armeria real de Madrid, Spain. Capeline – Morion, Casque à visière et autres’ (Capeline Helmet, Morion Helmet, Visor Helmets).
Edmund Spenser. The Fairy Queen. Florimel and the Witch.
The Faerie Queene is his most important contribution to English poetry which is linked here with the Arthurian legend.