The Rantzau Family
1 portrait of Frideric Rantzau
The Rantzau Family
by Johannes Jakosbz Folkema
line engraving, mid to late 17th century
6 1/2 in. x 4 3/8 in. (165 mm x 112 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D26277
Artistback to top
- Johannes Jakosbz Folkema (active 1684-circa 1708), Engraver. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.
Sittersback to top
- Balthasar Rantzau (1497-1547), Bishop of Lubeck. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Breide Rantzau (1563-1639), Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Christian Rantzau (1614-1663), Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Daniel Rantzau (1529-1569), German-Danish General. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Frideric Rantzau, Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Frideric Rantzau, Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Heinrich Rantzau (1526-1598), German humanist writer and statesman. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Heinrich Rantzau der Jüngere (1599-1674), Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Henric Rantzau. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Johan Rantzau (1492-1565), Commander of the Danish Army. Sitter in 2 portraits.
- Josias Rantzau (1609-1650), German soldier. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Paul Rantzau, Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Schalko Rantzau III, Member of the Rantzau family. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
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Events of 1630back to top
Current affairs
Charles I's first surviving child, Charles, is born in St. James's Palace. He is baptised by the Anglican Bishop of London, William Laud, and brought up in the care of the Protestant Mary Curzon, Countess of Dorset.Art and science
The Cottonian Library, containing the greatest resource of Old English and Middle English literature, founded by antiquary and anti-royalist, Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, is confiscated by the authorities.International
Philip IV of Spain and Charles I sign the Treaty of Madrid, ending hostilities between the two countries. Spanish diplomat, Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, assists with the conclusion of the peace deal.German, Protestant land is regained from Catholic allies on account of Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.
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