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Silva-Tarouca, Emanuel Graf eigentlich Manuel Teles da Silva
© Copyright Count Emanuel Silva-Tarouca, painting by J. Manes Silva-Tarouca, Count Emanuel (real name: Manuel Teles da Silva), b. Lisbon (Portugal), Sept. 17, 1696, d. Vienna, March 8, 1771. Statesman. Fought in the imperial army against the Turks in 1716/17, became president of the Netherlands Council in 1740 and was a close advisor and confidant of the ruler Maria Theresia. Literature: E. Silva-Tarouca, Der Mentor der Kaiserin, 1960.
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