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Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz-Rietberg | |
|---|---|
Maxmilián Oldřich z Kounic-Rietbergu | |
 Portrait from 1698 by Hyacinthe Rigaud | |
| Born | March 27, 1679. |
| Died | September 10, 1746 (aged 67) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Title | Governor of Moravia |
| Term | 1721–1746 |
| Spouse |
Maria Ernestina Franziska von Cirksena-Rietberg
(m. 1699) |
| Children | 16, including Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg |
| Honours | Knight of the Golden Fleece |
Count Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz-Rietberg (Czech: Maxmilián Oldřich z Kounic-Rietbergu; 27 March 1679 – 10 September 1746[1][2]) was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as governor of Moravia from 1720 until his death.[3] He was the father of the powerful state chancellor of Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress and Queen Regnant of Bohemia and Hungary, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg.
- ^ Felgel, Anton Victor (1882). "Kaunitz-Rietberg, Max Ulrich". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie [The Universal German Biography] (in German). München: Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 486–487. ISBN 978-3-7537-1114-0 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von (1856–1891). "Kaunitz-Rietberg, Maximilian Ulrich Graf". Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Dictionary of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vienna. ISBN 978-3-7434-3954-2.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Jeřábek, Tomáš; Kroupa, Jiří (2005). Brněnské paláce. Stavby duchovní a světské aristokracie v raném novověku [The Brno Palaces. The Buildings of the Clergy and Wordly Aristocracy in The Early Modern Times] (in Czech) (1st ed.). Brno: Barrister a Principal - Národní památkový ústav. ISBN 80-7364-016-3.