Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt

Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt (born June 15, 1699 in Brașov , † December 31, 1769 in Vienna ) was an Austrian politician and diplomat .

biography

His parents were Anna Maria Sinzendorf and Leo Graf Ulfeldt , who came from a Danish noble family. After his father, Corfitz Ulfeldt , was sentenced to death for high treason in Denmark, Count Leo Ulfeldt fled to Austria, where he joined the Imperial Army.

Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt also initially embarked on a military career, but was transferred to the Reichshofrat in 1724. From 1738 he was ambassador to The Hague and Constantinople , in 1742, at the instigation of Johann Christof Bartenstein, he became State Chancellor with responsibility for Austria's foreign policy. He held this post until 1753, when Wenzel Anton Kaunitz was his successor. Ulfeldt had almost no influence, however, Bartenstein was the one who directed Austria's fate.

On January 5, 1744 he was accepted into the Order of the Golden Fleece .

Marriage and offspring

In his first marriage, Ulfeldt was married to Maria Anna von Virmont , the heir to Count Damian Hugo von Virmont zu Neersen , who died after a short marriage on December 19, 1731 without children.

In his second marriage on April 16, 1743, he married Maria Elisabeth von Lobkowitz (* 1726; † 1786), daughter of Prince Philipp von Lobkowitz († 1737). The couple had a son, Johann Baptist , who died early, and two daughters:

Maria Elisabeth (born September 19, 1747; † January 27, 1791) ⚭ 1765 Georg Christian von Waldstein (born April 16, 1743; † October 6, 1791)
Maria Wilhelmine (* May 13, 1744; † May 8, 1800) ⚭ Count Josef von Thun-Hohenstein (* September 14, 1734; † August 22, 1800)

literature

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert : Gellert's letters to Fräulein Erdmuth von Schönfeld , p. 209, digitized
Constantin von Wurzbach : Ulfeld, Corfiz Anton Graf . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 48th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1883, pp. 290–292 ( digitized version ).
Hanns Schlitter: Ulfeldt, Count Anton Corfiz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 184 f.

Web links

Family tree at geneall.net

Remarks

^ Corfitz Anton, Count von Ulfeldt , geneall.net
↑ The different information in the ADB contradicts historical sources. Ulfeldt is still listed in the Imperial and Royal State and Stand Calendar in 1769 as the Chief Steward
↑ List nominal des chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or, depuis son instiution jusqu'à nos jours , in: The House of Austria and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Edited by the Ordenskanzlei. Leopold Stocker Verlag, Graz / Stuttgart 2007 ( ISBN 978-3-7020-1172-7 ), pp. 161–198, here p. 183.

predecessor	Office	successor
?	Austrian envoy in The Hague 1738–1742	?
?	Austrian ambassador in Constantinople 1738–1742	1878: Viktor Dubský from Třebomyslice
?	State Chancellor for Foreign Policy 1742–1753	Wenzel Anton Kaunitz

personal data
SURNAME	Ulfeldt, Anton Corfiz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Uhlfeld, Anton Cornificius of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	June 15, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brașov
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1769
Place of death	Vienna

[1] Corfitz Anton, Count von Ulfeldt , geneall.net

[2] The different information in the ADB contradicts historical sources. Ulfeldt is still listed in the Imperial and Royal State and Stand Calendar in 1769 as the Chief Steward

[3] List nominal des chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or, depuis son instiution jusqu'à nos jours , in: The House of Austria and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Edited by the Ordenskanzlei. Leopold Stocker Verlag, Graz / Stuttgart 2007 ( ISBN 978-3-7020-1172-7 ), pp. 161–198, here p. 183.