Salvete Omnes,
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| wearing a very splendid riding coat known as a cassock/casaque |
January 2023 almost over - so I am winding up this month with a collection of portraits showing Ferdinand III who was the Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia (Bohemia included most of the duchies of Silesia, with the Piast dynasts slowly dying out during this reign ) .
Ferdinand III (1608-1657) was an able military commander during the XXX years war, especially famous for the battle of Nordlingen, won together with his cousin cardinal-infante Ferdinand of Austria over the protestant armies.
during his life Ferdinand III was subject of a number of portraits, and some of them show him in great armor, on horseback and in this other realm national costume - Kingdom of Hungary attire.
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| by all appearances this warhorse might be a Spanish one |
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| King of Bohemia and Hungary |
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| great Hungarian attire - including a delia riding coat |
Nota bene emperor Ferdinand was married first to Maria Anna of Austria, his cousin.
and his second wife was Eleonora Gonzaga princess of Mantua etc - their 2nd daughter was a Queen of Poland etc.
valete
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