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Khevenhüller-Metsch, Johann Joseph Fürst
© Copyright Prince Johann Joseph Khevenhüller-Metsch. Painting by F. Lippold. Khevenhüller-Metsch, Prince Johann Joseph, b. Vienna, July 3, 1706, d. Vienna, April 18, 1776, statesman. 1728 member of the Imperial Council, 1734-1737 envoy to Holland and Denmark, 1740 to Dresden, 1742 Lord Steward and First Chamberlain to Maria Theresia, state and conference minister, music count. For 33 years he kept a diary, which serves as an important source about court life in the years 1742-1775. Called K.-M. because of his marriage to the daughter of the last Count of Metsch. Works: Aus der Zeit Maria Theresias, 7 vols., 1907-1925 (vol. 8 ed. by M. Beunlich-Pawlik and H. Wagner, 1972).
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