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Portrait of Duke Ernst Bogislaw von Croÿ – detail
Description
A portrait of Ernest Boguslav von Croy (1620-1684), founder of the organ at Kamień Pomorski Cathedral, titular Bishop of Kamień Pomorski, the last male descendant of the House of Griffiths (on the distaff side), which ruled Pomerania for several centuries, and who was brought up at the court of his uncle Bogislaw XIV, the last of the Pomeranian rulers, and after his death became governor of Central Pomerania and the Bishopric of Kamień Pomorski in the service of Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg.