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Thun-Hohenstein, Guidobald Graf
© Copyright Count Guidobald Thun-Hohenstein, engraving by M. v. Somer Thun-Hohenstein, Count Guidobald, b. Dec. 16, 1616, d. Vienna, June 1, 1668, 1654-1668 Archbishop of Salzburg and 1667 Bishop of Regensburg, 1667 Cardinal, half-brother of Count Johann Ernst Thun-Hohenstein. Focused intensely on representation: Finished the Salzburg cathedral (towers, façade, cathedral arches), built the winter riding school and the fountain at Residenzplatz and set up a Chair of Medicine at the University. 1662 Imperial Main Envoy to the Reichstag in Regensburg. Literature: R. R. Heinisch, Der Sbg. Erzbischof G. Graf Thun als kaiserl. Prinzipalkommissar in Regensburg. Bericht über den 15. Ö. Historikertag 1981, 1984.
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