Prince von Kaunitz

Prince von Kaunitz (1711-1794) was an Austrian statesman, born at Vienna. He served under Charles VI and Maria Theresa. He distinguished himself as a diplomatist at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, and sided with France in the Seven Years' War. For nearly 40 years, he was "the shining star and guide of Austrian politics, and greatest of diplomatists in his day, supreme Jove in that extinct Olympus. He was regarded with sublime pity, not unalloyed to contempt, all other diplomatic beings". He shared with Colonne the sobriquet of the "European coach-driver". He was sold body and soul to the interests of Austria.

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