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Battle of Poltava 1709, oil on canvas by Louis Caravaque. A painting depicting the decisive Russian victory at Poltava in 1709.

Restored studio portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), photographed by Paul Nadar.

Louis XIII of France (1601-1643), oil on canvas portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, 1635. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

The death of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772-1806) in the Battle of Saalfeld (10 October 1806) during the War of the Fourth Coalition. Painting by Peter Edward Stroehling, c. 1806-1816. Royal Collection.

Portrait depicting Louis René Édouard, cardinal de Rohan (1734-1803). A former ambassador, Cardinal de Rohan was despised by Queen Marie Antoinette of France and became embroiled in the affair of the diamond necklace in an attempt to win...

Portrait of Anne of Austria (l. 1601-1666), widow of Louis XIII of France (r. 1610-1643), oil on canvas by Charles de Steuben between 1836-1838. Palace of Versailles.

Engraved portrait of Kings of East Francia Charles the Fat (r. 876-887 CE), Holy Roman Emperor (r. 881-887 CE), and Louis III the Younger (r. 876-882 CE), by unknown creator, c. 1634-1643 CE. The British Museum, London.

King Louis XVI of France declares war on Francis II, king of Hungary and Bohemia, in the Legislative Assembly, beginning the War of the First Coalition (1792-1797), 20 April 1792. Engraving by Johann Carl Bock, c. 1792. National Library...

Portrait of Louis Antoine de Bourbon-Condé, Duke of Enghien (1772-1804) whose scandalous arrest and execution sent shockwaves throughout Europe, turning many European aristocrats against the Bonapartist regime in France. Portrait by Jean-Michael...

Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles, oil on canvas portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1798. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A French noble and brother-in-law to the Marquis de Lafayette, Noailles fought in the American Revolutionary War. His...