Henri de Guise, leader of the Catholic League in France, is murdered by the royal guard in Blois on 23 December 1588.
Henri de Lorraine, duc de Guise, also called Le Balafré.
Category: Nobility
Gabrielle d’Estrées (1570-1599). Mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Gabrielle d’Estrées, Duchesse de Beaufort et Verneuil, Marquise de Monceaux was from 1592 to 1599, the mistress of the French King Henry IV.
Costumes de Noblesse du 14ème siècle. Histoire de la mode médiévale.
La jeune fille qui parle la queue est coiffée d’un bonnet de velours noir. La robe est jaune et garnie sur la poitrine de velours noir; la robe de dessous est verte et la chaussure est noire.
Eleanor of Castile first wife of King Edward I.
Eleanor of Castile (also Leonor, 1241 – † 28 November 1290 in Harby, Nottinghamshire) was the first wife of King Edward I. Royal Consort of England.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose.
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose fought in the English Civil War in Scotland for the royal side.
English style clothing. Court costume. Summer suit and Swiss hat.
Paris fashion c. 1760. English style clothing. Court costume. Summer suit and Swiss hat.
John Viscount Beaumont K.G. Earl of Boulogne.
John Viscount Beaumont K.G. Earl of Boulogne 1430. Courtier of the reign of King Henry VI. supposed to represent John Viscount Beaumont K.G. Earl of Boulogne. Constable and Lord High… Read More
Noble lady and Lord. Dame noble et Seigneur. XVIIe Siècle.
Dame noble et Seigneur. XVIIe Siècle. D’après Pauquet. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens par Gourdon de Genouillac.
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.
Young woman in high hairstyle and small hoops 1762.
Matron in the old fashion. Young woman in high hairstyle and small hoops. Former military. Gentleman with habit in 1762.