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How did Count Sinzendorf affect Leopold I’s financial administration?
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Leopold I
Leopold I, detail of a portrait bust, c. 1700; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
During his reign, Emperor Leopold I struggled to establish a sound financial basis for his empire, largely due to his own carelessness regarding fiscal matters. Consequently, he allowed the imperial treasury to be mismanaged for years by Count Sinzendorf.1