Franz de Paula Gundaker von Colloredo-Mannsfeld

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Franz de Paula Gundaker I, Prince of Colloredo-Mannsfeld

Franz de Paula Gundaker I, Prince of Colloredo-Waldsee-Mels-Man ( n ) sfeld (born May 28, 1731 in Vienna ; † October 27, 1807 there ) was a Habsburg diplomat and the last Imperial Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire .

family

His father was the Vice Chancellor Rudolph Joseph von Colloredo-Waldsee , one of his brothers the Archbishop of Salzburg Hieronymus von Colloredo , the temporary employer of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . He himself married Maria Isabella in 1771 , the daughter of Prince Heinrich Franz II. Zu Mannsfeld and Fondi and granddaughter of Heinrich Franz I. von Mansfeld-Fondi . Since Heinrich Franz II had no male descendants, the names and coats of arms of both families were merged after his death. In his second marriage, Prince Colloredo-Mannsfeld married Maria Josepha von Schrattenbach in 1797 , the widow of Count Guidobald von Dietrichstein and Count Johann Joseph von Khevenhüller-Metsch. His first marriage had three sons and two daughters. Field Marshal Lieutenant Hieronymus von Colloredo-Mansfeld belonged to his sons . the diplomat and politician Ferdinand von Colloredo-Mannsfeld and the First Lord Chamberlain Rudolf von Colloredo-Mannsfeld .

Life

Franz Gundaker was prepared for a diplomatic career through his education. In 1753 he was appointed Reichshofrat . He later went on diplomatic missions for the emperor. In particular, he was entrusted with representing imperial interests in elections for ecclesiastical princes. In 1760 he was the imperial special envoy at the French court to prepare the marriage of Archduke Joseph with the Infanta Isabella of Bourbon-Parma . In 1766 he was appointed to the Privy Council. In 1764 he brought Maria Theresa from Frankfurt the message of the election of Joseph II as Roman king. Between 1767 and 1770 he was ambassador to Spain and then became the first imperial commissioner during the visit to the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar . In 1788, after the death of his father, he took over the family's estates in Bohemia and Austria and, as his successor, was Vice Chancellor in 1789, without being able to stop the dissolution of the empire. With the end of the empire in 1806, the office of Vice Chancellor also ended.

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personal data
SURNAME Colloredo-Mannsfeld, Franz de Paula Gundaker von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1807
Place of death Vienna