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Johann Weikhart, prince von Auersperg

Austrian statesman
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Johann Weikhart, prince von Auersperg (born March 11, 1615—died Nov. 13, 1677, Laibach, Carniola, Austrian Empire [now Ljubljana, Slovenia]) was an Austrian diplomat and statesman, head of the Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) under the Habsburg emperor Leopold I. After serving briefly as a Habsburg court councillor, Auersperg was sent to The Hague (1641), and later he took part in peace negotiations at Osnabrück, which ultimately ended the Thirty Years’ War with the Peace of Westphalia (1648)....

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