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Philipp, count von Cobenzl

chancellor of Austria
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Born:
May 28, 1741, Laibach, Carniola, Austrian Empire [now Ljubljana, Slovenia]
Died:
August 30, 1810, Vienna [Austria] (aged 69)

Philipp, count von Cobenzl (born May 28, 1741, Laibach, Carniola, Austrian Empire [now Ljubljana, Slovenia]—died August 30, 1810, Vienna [Austria]) was an Austrian statesman and chancellor who unsuccessfully attempted to gain Bavaria for Austria in exchange for the Austrian Netherlands. He was a cousin of Ludwig, Graf von Cobenzl, an Austrian foreign minister. Rising rapidly under the patronage of Chancellor Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Cobenzl negotiated the Treaty of Teschen (1779), in which Austria concluded the War of the Bavarian Succession by renouncing its claim to Bavaria in return for territorial concessions. Appointed vice chancellor, he was sent to pacify ...(100 of 171 words)

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