Aurelia Franciae civita ad Ligerie flu: sita

Title

Aurelia Franciae civita ad Ligerie flu: sita

Description

View of the city of Orleans at the river Loire

ca. 1595

Artist

Braun/Hogenberg (1572-1618)

Frans Hogenberg (1535 – 1590) was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Hogenberg was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg In 1568 he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva. He travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He is known for portraits and topographical views as well as historical allegories. He also produced scenes of contemporary historical events. George Braun (1541-1622), a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the "Civitates Orbis Terrarum". The first volume of the Civitates Orbis Terrarum was published in Cologne in 1572. The sixth and the final volume appeared in 1617. This great city atlas, edited by Georg Braun and largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, eventually contained 546 prospects, bird-eye views and map views of cities from all over the world. Braun (1541-1622), a cleric of Cologne, was the principal editor of the work, and was greatly assisted in his project by the close, and continued interest of Abraham Ortelius, whose Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570 was, as a systematic and comprehensive collection of maps of uniform style, the first true atlas.

Historical Description

The House of Orléans, before 1830 House Bourbon-Orléans, is a French high noble family that provided the King of the French during the July Monarchy from 1830 to 1848. For monarchists in France and Brazil, it is the legitimate royal house and thus provides the pretender to the throne. The House of Orléans is descended from a collateral line of the House of Bourbon (Bourbon-Orléans) and is thus itself a branch of the Capetian ruling house. All French kings of the last 1000 years, with the exception of the two Napoleons, were Capetians or descended from them. Thus, the Capetians provided 39 French kings. The House of Bourbon itself provided seven French kings. The House of Orléans provided one king. The Orléans were among the richest families in France. Louis-Philippe of Orléans was king of France from 1830 to 1848. His father of the same name was Grand Master of the French Freemasons from 1771 to 1792. Duke Philippe I de Bourbon (1640-1701), the progenitor of Orléans, came from the House of Habsburg on his mother's side. His first wife came from the British royal family of Stuart. His second wife came from the German high noble families of Wittelsbach and Hesse. A collateral line of the Orléans family is the non-incumbent Brazilian imperial family Orléans-Braganza, most of which is still settled in Brazil. The house was founded by Philippe I de Bourbon, duc d'Orléans (1640-1701), the younger brother of the Sun King Louis XIV and his wife Liselotte of the Palatinate. His descendants still provide the pretenders to the throne for the monarchists who favor a constitutional monarchy ("Orléanists").