Marie de Hainaut, also known as Marie d’Avesnes, Duchess of Bourbon was the wife of Louis I of Bourbon.
Marie of Hainaut, Duchess of Bourbon
Category: Nobility
Laura de Noves, or also called Laure de Sade 1310-1348.
Laura de Noves, or also called Laure de Sade (1310 – 1348). Her son Hugues III was ancestor of the later Marquis de Sade.
Venice fashion in 16th century.
Venice, fashion during the Italian renaissance, 16th century. Source: Giacomo Franco (1550-1620). Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane: con la processione della serma. Signoria et altri particolari cioè trionfi feste et cerimonie… Read More
Ottoman Empire, Sultan Mehmed II.
Ottoman Empire, Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. (1432-1481 ) Painting by Gentile Bellini (not proved), 25 November 1480.
Gloves in British fashion history.
British fashion history by Florence Mary Gardener. Gloves of King Henry VI., Queen Elizabeth, King James I., Queen Mary of scots, Hawking Glove.
Dinner of an European Ambassador in the Hall of the Divan.
Dinner of an European Ambassador with the Grand Vizier in the Hall of the Divan. The Divan of the Sublime Porte was the council of the Ottoman Empire.
Knights in armor jousting. 16th century combat.
Knights in armor jousting. 16th century combat. German Renaissance period.
Bucovina folk dresses. Traditional folk costumes from Ukrajna.
Bucovina folk dresses. Traditional folk costumes and military uniforms from Ukrajna. The peoples of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Published by Johann Nepomuk Vernay, Austria, 1896. Traditional ethnic costumes from Galicia
Peoples from Hungary, Magyars.
Habsburg monarchy. Traditional Magyars folk dresses and nobility costumes.
Headdress Siena 13th century. Horned shaped hennin.
Woman from Siena, wearing a horned shaped hennin. Italy 13th century.