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href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzel_Anton,_Pangeran_Kaunitz-Rietberg" title="Wenzel Anton, Pangeran Kaunitz-Rietberg – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wenzel Anton, Pangeran Kaunitz-Rietberg" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzel_Anton_von_Kaunitz-Rietberg" title="Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A6%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A5-%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%92" 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He wears the chain of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Fleece" title="Order of the Golden Fleece">Order of the Golden Fleece</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_ministers_of_Austria-Hungary" title="List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary">State Chancellor</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />13 May 1753 – 19 August 1792</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarchs</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a> (1753–1780)<br /><a href="/wiki/Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor">Joseph II</a> (1780–1790)<br /><a href="/wiki/Leopold_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor">Leopold II</a> (1790–1792)<br /><a href="/wiki/Francis_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor">Francis II</a> (1792)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Count Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philipp_von_Cobenzl" title="Philipp von Cobenzl">Philipp von Cobenzl</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1711-02-02</span>)</span>2 February 1711<br /><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Austria</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 June 1794<span style="display:none">(1794-06-27)</span> (aged 83)<br />Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Ulrich_von_Kaunitz" title="Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz">Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz</a> (father)</li><li>Marie Ernestine Francisca von Rietberg (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Wenzel Anton Reichsfürst von Kaunitz-Rietberg</i>, <a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: <i lang="cs">Václav Antonín z Kounic a Rietbergu</i>; 2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794) was an Austrian and Czech <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">diplomat</a> and statesman in the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a>. A proponent of <a href="/wiki/Enlightened_absolutism" title="Enlightened absolutism">enlightened absolutism</a>, he held the office of <a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_ministers_of_Austria-Hungary" title="List of foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary">State Chancellor</a> for about four decades and was responsible for the foreign policies during the reigns of <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor">Joseph II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor">Leopold II</a>. In 1764, he was elevated to the noble rank of a <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Prince of the Holy Roman Empire">Prince of the Holy Roman Empire</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrst" title="Fürst">Reichfürst</a></i>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaunitz was born in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Austria</a>, one of 19 children<sup id="cite_ref-amcyc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amcyc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Ulrich_von_Kaunitz" title="Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz">Maximilian Ulrich, third Count of Kaunitz</a> (1679–1746), and his consort Marie Ernestine, <i>née</i> Countess of <a href="/wiki/County_of_East_Frisia" title="County of East Frisia">Ostfriesland</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_of_Rietberg" title="County of Rietberg">Rietberg</a> (1687–1758), an heiress of the <a href="/wiki/Cirksena" title="Cirksena">House of Cirksena</a>. The Kaunitz family (<i>Kounicové</i>) belonged to an ancient <a href="/wiki/Czechs" title="Czechs">Czech</a> nobility and, like the related <a href="/wiki/Martinic_family" title="Martinic family">Martinic dynasty</a>, derived its lineage from the medieval <a href="/wiki/Vr%C5%A1ovci" title="Vršovci">Vršovci</a> clan in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bohemia" title="Kingdom of Bohemia">Kingdom of Bohemia</a>. First mentioned in the 14th century, they originally lived in the <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesian</a> duchy of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Troppau" title="Duchy of Troppau">Troppau</a>, but in 1509, they moved to <a href="/wiki/Slavkov_Castle" title="Slavkov Castle">Slavkov</a> (<i>Austerlitz</i>) Castle near <a href="/wiki/Brno" title="Brno">Brno</a>. </p><p>Wenzel Anton's grandfather, Dominik Andreas von Kaunitz (1655–1705), served as a Habsburg <i><a href="/wiki/Geheimrat" title="Geheimrat">Geheimrat</a></i> and envoy. Elevated to the hereditary rank of a Count (<i><a href="/wiki/Graf" title="Graf">Graf</a></i>) in 1683, his diplomacy contributed to the 1686 <a href="/wiki/Grand_Alliance_(League_of_Augsburg)" title="Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)">League of Augsburg</a> against King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV of France</a> and the 1697 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ryswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Ryswick">Treaty of Ryswick</a> that ended the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War" title="Nine Years' War">Nine Years' War</a>. Wenzel Anton's father, Count Maximilian Ulrich, was appointed a member of the <a href="/wiki/Aulic_Council" title="Aulic Council">Aulic Council</a> (<i>Reichshofrat</i>) in 1706; he served as Imperial envoy and as governor (<i><a href="/wiki/Landeshauptmann" title="Landeshauptmann">Landeshauptmann</a></i>) of <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Moravia" title="Margraviate of Moravia">Moravia</a> from 1720. By his marriage with Marie Ernestine in 1699, he inherited the immediate County of Rietberg in <a href="/wiki/Westphalia" title="Westphalia">Westphalia</a>. </p><p>Wenzel Anton himself married Countess Maria Ernestine von <a href="/wiki/Starhemberg" title="Starhemberg">Starhemberg</a> (1717–1749), a granddaughter of Imperial Chamber president <a href="/wiki/Gundaker_Thomas_Starhemberg" title="Gundaker Thomas Starhemberg">Count Gundaker Thomas von Starhemberg</a> (1663–1745), on 6 May 1736. Four sons were born of the marriage,<sup id="cite_ref-eb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> among them the Austrian general Count <a href="/wiki/Franz_Wenzel,_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Rietberg" title="Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg">Franz Wenzel von Kaunitz-Rietberg</a> (1742–1825). Wenzel Anton's granddaughter Eleonora (daughter of his eldest son, Ernest) married a successor in the office of State Chancellor, Prince <a href="/wiki/Klemens_von_Metternich" title="Klemens von Metternich">Klemens von Metternich</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the second son, it was at first intended that Wenzel Anton should become a clergyman, and at thirteen he held a <a href="/wiki/Canonry" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonry">canonry</a> at the Westphalian <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_M%C3%BCnster" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster">Diocese of Münster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ce_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ce-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the death of his elder brother, however, he decided on a secular career, and studied law and diplomacy at the universities of <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vienna" title="University of Vienna">Vienna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leipzig_University" title="Leipzig University">Leipzig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leiden_University" title="Leiden University">Leiden</a>. He became a <a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_(office)" title="Chamberlain (office)">chamberlain</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" title="House of Habsburg">Habsburg</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles VI</a>, and continued his education for some years by a <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Tour" title="Grand Tour">Grand Tour</a></i> to <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(Holy_Roman_Empire)" title="Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-amcyc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amcyc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Back in Vienna, he was appointed a member of the Imperial Aulic Council in 1735. At the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Diet_(Holy_Roman_Empire)" title="Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)">Imperial Diet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Regensburg" title="Regensburg">Regensburg</a> (<i>Ratisbon</i>) in 1739, he was one of the emperor's commissaries. During the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a>, in March 1741, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to <a href="/wiki/Florence,_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence, Italy">Florence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, and to the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia" title="Kingdom of Sardinia">Kingdom of Sardinia</a>. In August 1742, he was appointed ambassador at <a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a> and reached the support of King <a href="/wiki/Charles_Emmanuel_III_of_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia">Charles Emmanuel III</a> for <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a>. </p><p>In October 1744, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/List_of_ministers_plenipotentiary_of_the_Austrian_Netherlands" title="List of ministers plenipotentiary of the Austrian Netherlands">minister plenipotentiary</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>, while its <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_Habsburg_Netherlands" title="List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands">governor</a>, Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles_Alexander_of_Lorraine" title="Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine">Charles of Lorraine</a>, fought in the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Wars" title="Silesian Wars">Silesian Wars</a>, commanding the Austrian army in Bohemia against King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick II of Prussia</a>. Upon the December 1744 death of Charles' consort and co-governor, <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_Maria_Anna_of_Austria_(1718%E2%80%931744)" class="mw-redirect" title="Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718–1744)">Archduchess Maria Anna</a>, a sister of Maria Theresa, Kaunitz was virtually the head of government.<sup id="cite_ref-ce_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ce-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1746, however, he was forced to leave <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> after it was <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Brussels" title="Siege of Brussels">besieged by French forces</a> under Count <a href="/wiki/Maurice_de_Saxe" title="Maurice de Saxe">Maurice de Saxe</a>. He moved with the government of the Austrian Netherlands, first to <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, then to <a href="/wiki/Free_Imperial_City_of_Aachen" title="Free Imperial City of Aachen">Aachen</a>. His request to be recalled from his difficult situation was heeded in June 1746. On a journey to Westphalia in September 1746, he laid the foundation stone of the parish church in the village of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaunitz_(Verl)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kaunitz (Verl) (page does not exist)">Kaunitz</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunitz_(Verl)" class="extiw" title="de:Kaunitz (Verl)">de</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later, he represented Maria Theresa at the Congress of Aachen at the close of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Austrian_Succession" title="War of the Austrian Succession">War of the Austrian Succession</a>. Extremely displeased with the provisions that deprived Austria of the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_of_Kladsko" title="County of Kladsko">Glatz</a> and guaranteed them to the warlike King of Prussia, he reluctantly signed the resulting <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_(1748)" title="Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)">Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle</a> on 23 October 1748.<sup id="cite_ref-ce_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ce-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both fearing a nascent Prussia, the Austrian and <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Early modern France">French</a> sides began to make overtures to each other. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg/220px-Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg/330px-Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg/440px-Slavkov.u.Brna-Austerlitz.castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1323" /></a><figcaption>Prince Kaunitz's <a href="/wiki/Slavkov_Castle" title="Slavkov Castle">Slavkov Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>From 1749, Kaunitz served as a <i><a href="/wiki/Geheimrat" title="Geheimrat">Geheimrat</a></i> at the court of Maria Theresa. The empress appealed to all her counsellors for advice as to the policy Austria ought to pursue in view of the changed conditions produced by the rise of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a>. The great majority of them, including her husband <a href="/wiki/Francis_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor">Francis Stephen of Lorraine</a>, were of the opinion that the old alliance with the sea powers, England and Holland, should be maintained. Kaunitz had long been a strong opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Austrian_Alliance" title="Anglo-Austrian Alliance">Anglo-Austrian Alliance</a>, which had existed since 1731, and gave his opinion that Frederick II was now the "most wicked and dangerous enemy of Austria," that it was hopeless to expect the support of <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> nations against him, and that the only way of recovering Silesia was by an alliance with <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a> and France. The empress eagerly accepted views which were already her own, and entrusted the adviser with the execution of his own plans.<sup id="cite_ref-eb_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, Kaunitz was made <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Austria-Hungary_to_France" title="List of ambassadors of Austria-Hungary to France">Imperial ambassador at the French court</a> in <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Versailles" title="Palace of Versailles">Versailles</a> in 1750, where he had extensive contact with the <i><a href="/wiki/Lumi%C3%A8res" title="Lumières">Lumières</a></i> movement and several <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9distes" title="Encyclopédistes">Encyclopédistes</a></i>. Staying in France until 1752, he co-operated in laying the groundwork for the future Bourbon-Habsburg alliance. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_Chancellor">State Chancellor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: State Chancellor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg/220px-Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="320" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg/330px-Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg/440px-Wenzel_Anton_Graf_von_Kaunitz-Riethberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2310" data-file-height="3360" /></a><figcaption>Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1750</span> – c.<span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 52</span></figcaption></figure> <p>Kaunitz's most important and influential office was that of State Chancellor and minister of foreign affairs, which he held from 1753 to 1792 and where he had Empress Maria Theresa's full trust—against the opposition of her husband, Francis Stephen. He had reluctantly accepted his appointment and demanded complete freedom to re-organise the foreign office on <a href="/wiki/Ballhausplatz" title="Ballhausplatz">Ballhausplatz</a>. Thanks in large part to him, Habsburg Austria established itself as a sovereign <a href="/wiki/Great_power" title="Great power">great power</a>, entering into the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles_(1756)" title="Treaty of Versailles (1756)">Treaty of Versailles (1756)</a> with her old enemy, the French <a href="/wiki/Ancien_r%C3%A9gime" title="Ancien régime">ancien régime</a>, commonly known as <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_Revolution" title="Diplomatic Revolution">Diplomatic Revolution</a> (<i>renversement des alliances</i>). The new <a href="/wiki/Franco-Austrian_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Austrian Alliance">Franco-Austrian Alliance</a> was considered a great feat of diplomacy, and it established Kaunitz as the recognized master of the art.<sup id="cite_ref-eb_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG/290px-Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG" decoding="async" width="290" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG/435px-Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG/580px-Carte_Guerre_de_Sept_Ans_Europe.PNG 2x" data-file-width="884" data-file-height="643" /></a><figcaption>New alliances formed as a result of the Diplomatic Revolution</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Diplomatic_Revolution_of_1756">The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kaunitz was the mastermind of the <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_Revolution" title="Diplomatic Revolution">Diplomatic Revolution</a> of 1756, which involved the dramatic shakeup of traditional military alliances in Europe. Austria went from an ally of Britain to an ally of France and Russia. Prussia became an ally of Britain, along with Hanover. The result was the basic lineup of forces in the Seven Years' War.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seven_Years'_War"><span id="Seven_Years.27_War"></span>Seven Years' War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Seven Years' War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Once he was State Chancellor, Kaunitz pursued his policies seeking <i>rapprochement</i> with France. Upon the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> overseas in 1754, he had the Austrian ambassador in Paris, Prince <a href="/wiki/Georg_Adam,_Prince_of_Starhemberg" title="Georg Adam, Prince of Starhemberg">Georg Adam of Starhemberg</a>, raise the topic of forming a defensive league. King Louis XV finally accepted, after the Anglo-Prussian <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Westminster_(1756)" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Westminster (1756)">Treaty of Westminster</a> was signed in 1756. The alliance was expanded in <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles_(1757)" title="Treaty of Versailles (1757)">1757</a> to include Russia and <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Empire" title="Swedish Empire">Sweden</a>. </p><p>Thus began the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> in Europe, which ultimately failed to bring the lost provinces back to Austria. On 29 August 1756, King Frederick's <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian Army</a> invaded the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Electorate of Saxony</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Preemptive_war" title="Preemptive war">preemptive strike</a>; they rolled over the <a href="/wiki/Saxon_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Saxon Army">Saxon forces</a> and occupied <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>. While the Austrian allies were not able to reach agreement on joint action, the politico-military situation remained inconclusive. Kaunitz urged for the replacement of the hesitant field marshal Count <a href="/wiki/Count_Leopold_Joseph_von_Daun" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Leopold Joseph von Daun">Leopold Joseph von Daun</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Gideon_von_Laudon" title="Ernst Gideon von Laudon">Ernst Gideon von Laudon</a>, however, a decisive victory was not achieved. </p><p>From about 1760, gradual exhaustion of all forces became obvious, and Kaunitz reacted by depriving his long-time foe Court Chancellor Count <a href="/wiki/Count_Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Haugwitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz">Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz</a> of his powers. He replaced the office by founding the Austrian Council of State (<i>Staatsrat</i>) in 1761, overseeing the reorganization of the Austrian Army. Nevertheless, when the new tsar <a href="/wiki/Peter_III_of_Russia" title="Peter III of Russia">Peter III of Russia</a> left the alliance in 1762, Kaunitz entered into peace negotiations that led to the 1763 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Hubertusburg" title="Treaty of Hubertusburg">Treaty of Hubertusburg</a>. Following the end of war, Kaunitz gained the title of <i>Reichsfürst</i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Prince of the Holy Roman Empire). The lack of a navy during the war had demonstrated Austria's vulnerability at sea, and he was instrumental in the creation of a small Austrian navy to boost the state's presence in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a>, laying the foundations for the future <a href="/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Navy" title="Austro-Hungarian Navy">Austro-Hungarian Navy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Josephinism">Josephinism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Josephinism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wenzel_anton_von_kaunitz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Wenzel_anton_von_kaunitz.jpg/220px-Wenzel_anton_von_kaunitz.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Wenzel_anton_von_kaunitz.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="297" /></a><figcaption>Prince Kaunitz-Rietberg (part of the <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa_Monument" title="Maria Theresa Monument">Maria Theresa Monument</a> in Vienna)</figcaption></figure> <p>The State Chancellor was a liberal patron of education and art,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a notable collector, one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Academy_of_Science,_Letters_and_Fine_Arts_of_Belgium" title="Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium">Royal Academy</a> in Brussels, and sponsor of <a href="/wiki/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck" title="Christoph Willibald Gluck">Christoph Willibald Gluck</a> and one of <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a>’s first and lifelong patrons. He worked towards the goal of subjecting the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> to the state, most notably against tax exemption and the traditional institution of <a href="/wiki/Mortmain" title="Mortmain">mortmain</a> ownership of real estates. Kaunitz followed the thoughts of <a href="/wiki/Jansenism" title="Jansenism">Jansenism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Age of Enlightenment</a>; among his aims was also the better education of the commoners. </p><p>Although Maria Theresa's son and heir, Emperor <a href="/wiki/Joseph_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor">Joseph II</a> generally shared such ideas, his reforms moved too fast and too thoroughly for Kaunitz. The ongoing disputes between the two men led to several resignation requests by the state chancellor. Kaunitz advocated a reconciliation with the former enemy Prussia; he accompanied Joseph II when he met Frederick II two times in 1769 and 1770. The Prussian king was annoyed by Kaunitz' arrogance and patronising manners, nevertheless the approach realised in the <a href="/wiki/First_Partition_of_Poland" title="First Partition of Poland">First Partition of Poland</a> in 1772, backed by both Kaunitz and Joseph II against the concerns of Maria Theresa ("good faith is lost for all time"). </p><p>In 1777, Joseph's hasty military action led to the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Bavarian_Succession" title="War of the Bavarian Succession">War of the Bavarian Succession</a>. When the Austrian position became untenable, Kaunitz carried the peace negotiations on his own initiative; by the 1779 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Teschen" title="Treaty of Teschen">Treaty of Teschen</a>, he won the Bavarian <a href="/wiki/Innviertel" title="Innviertel">Innviertel</a> region for Austria. In Imperial matters, he was able to dominate the <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_Diet_of_Regensburg" title="Perpetual Diet of Regensburg">Perpetual Diet of Regensburg</a>; in 1780 he was also successful in placing the Habsburg Archduke <a href="/wiki/Archduke_Maximilian_Francis_of_Austria" title="Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria">Maximilian Francis of Austria</a>, Joseph's younger brother, as a <a href="/wiki/Coadjutor_bishop" title="Coadjutor bishop">coadjutor bishop</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Cologne" title="Electorate of Cologne">Electorate of Cologne</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_M%C3%BCnster" title="Prince-Bishopric of Münster">Prince-Bishopric of Münster</a>. </p><p>Kaunitz worked around the objections of Joseph II to initiate the <a href="/wiki/Austro-Turkish_War_(1788%E2%80%931791)" title="Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791)">Austro-Turkish War</a> of 1788–1791. The goal was to humiliate Austria's old enemy, Prussia. However, it misfired: it proved a costly military operation to help Russia, but it did not achieve any anti-Prussian objective. After Joseph II's death, <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor">Leopold II</a> became emperor; the war was ended and Kaunitz's power collapsed.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The renunciation of Kaunitz' balancing policies led to a serious deterioration of Austria's domestic and international affairs. Meanwhile, Prussia established the Protestant <i><a href="/wiki/F%C3%BCrstenbund" title="Fürstenbund">Fürstenbund</a></i> league, and the <a href="/wiki/Brabant_Revolution" title="Brabant Revolution">Brabant Revolution</a> broke out in the Austrian Netherlands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resignation_and_death">Resignation and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Resignation and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Joseph II's successor, Leopold II, blamed Kaunitz for the failure and decisively restricted his competences. Kaunitz rejected further <i>rapprochement</i> with Prussia against <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Revolutionary France">Revolutionary France</a> in view of the weak rule of Frederick's successor, King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William II of Prussia">Frederick William II</a>, an assessment that was proved to be correct in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_First_Coalition" title="War of the First Coalition">War of the First Coalition</a>. </p><p>Kaunitz finally resigned his office upon the accession of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Francis_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor">Francis II</a> in July 1792. Kaunitz died in 1794 at his city palace in Vienna and was buried in his family vault beneath the Chapel of St. John the Baptist in <a href="/wiki/Slavkov_u_Brna" title="Slavkov u Brna">Slavkov</a> cemetery. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886387087">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:#000 solid 1px;border-left:#000 solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="60" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="29"> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">16. Baron Ulrich IV. of Kaunitz</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. Count Leopold Wilhelm of Kaunitz</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">17. Baroness Ludmila Roupovský of Roupov</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominik_Andreas_I._von_Kaunitz" class="extiw" title="de:Dominik Andreas I. von Kaunitz">Count Dominik Andreas of Kaunitz</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">18. <a href="/wiki/Maximilian,_Prince_of_Dietrichstein" title="Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein">Maximilian, Prince of Dietrichstein</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Marie_Eleonore_of_Dietrichstein" title="Marie Eleonore of Dietrichstein">Countess Marie Eleonore of Dietrichstein</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">19. Princess Anna Marie of <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Ulrich_von_Kaunitz" title="Maximilian Ulrich von Kaunitz">Count Maximilian Ulrich of Kaunitz</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="31" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="30" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">20. Baron Jan Rudolf of <a href="/wiki/Von_Sternberg" title="Von Sternberg">Sternberg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. Count Ulrich Adolf of Sternberg</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">21. Helena Eustachie Křinecký of Ronov</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. Countess Marie Eleonore Holický of Sternberg</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">22. Count Joachim Ulrich Slavata of Chlum and Košumberk</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. Countess Anna Lucia Slavata of Chlum and Košumberk</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">23. Countess Franziska of Meggau</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="15"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="60" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="31" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="30" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">24. <a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Rietberg" title="John III of Rietberg">John III of Rietberg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">12. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_IV._(Ostfriesland)" class="extiw" title="de:Johann IV. (Ostfriesland)">Count John IV. of Ostfriesland-Rietberg</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">25. <a href="/wiki/Sabina_Catharina_of_East_Frisia" title="Sabina Catharina of East Frisia">Countess Sabina Catharina of East Frisia</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Maximilian_(Ostfriesland)" class="extiw" title="de:Ferdinand Maximilian (Ostfriesland)">Count Ferdinand Maximilian of Ostfriesland-Rietberg</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">26. Ernst Friedrich of <a href="/wiki/Salm_(state)" title="Salm (state)">Salm-Reifferscheidt</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">13. Countess Anna Catharina of Salm-Reifferscheidt</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">27. Countess Maria Ursula of <a href="/wiki/Leiningen_family" title="Leiningen family">Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ernestine_Francisca_von_Rietberg" class="extiw" title="de:Maria Ernestine Francisca von Rietberg">Countess Marie Ernestine of Rietberg</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="29"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">28. Count Johann Arnold of Manderscheid-Blankenheim</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">14. Count Salentin Ernst of <a href="/wiki/County_of_Manderscheid" title="County of Manderscheid">Manderscheid-Blanckenheim</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">29. Countess Antonia Elisabeth of Manderscheidt-Blankenheim-Gerolstein</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">7. Countess Johanetta Franziska of Manderscheid-Blankenheim</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">30. Count Georg Albrecht I. of Erbach</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">15. Countess Christina Elisabeth of Erbach</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #9fe;">31. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of <a href="/wiki/Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsf%C3%BCrst" title="Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst">Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table>Source: Franz A. J. Szabo. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cYdcr2h1aYYC"><i>Kaunitz and Enlightened Absolutism 1753–1780</i></a> (Cambridge University Press, 1994) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521466905" title="Special:BookSources/9780521466905">9780521466905</a>, ch. 1.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-amcyc-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-amcyc_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-amcyc_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRipleyDana1879" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_(1879)/Kaunitz,_Wenzel_Anton">"Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Cyclop%C3%A6dia" class="mw-redirect" title="The American Cyclopædia">The American Cyclopædia</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kaunitz%2C+Wenzel+Anton&rft.btitle=The+American+Cyclop%C3%A6dia&rft.date=1879&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWenzel+Anton%2C+Prince+of+Kaunitz-Rietberg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-eb-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-eb_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eb_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-eb_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> </span>This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. 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Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kaunitz-Rietburg%2C+Wenzel+Anton%2C+Prince+von&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWenzel+Anton%2C+Prince+of+Kaunitz-Rietberg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ce-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ce_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ce_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ce_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOtt1913" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Ott, Michael (1913). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Wenzel Anton Kaunitz"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Wenzel_Anton_Kaunitz">"Wenzel Anton Kaunitz" </a></span>. In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia" title="Catholic Encyclopedia">Catholic Encyclopedia</a></i>. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Wenzel+Anton+Kaunitz&rft.btitle=Catholic+Encyclopedia&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Robert+Appleton+Company&rft.date=1913&rft.aulast=Ott&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWenzel+Anton%2C+Prince+of+Kaunitz-Rietberg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William J. McGill (1968), 'The roots of policy: Kaunitz in Italy and the Netherlands, 1742–1746', in: <i>Central European History</i>, 1:2, pp. 131–149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pr-am-oelbach.de/st_mariaImmaculata.html#geschichte_mariaImmaculata">"St. Maria Immaculata"</a>. <i>pr-am-oelbach.de</i> (in German)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=pr-am-oelbach.de&rft.atitle=St.+Maria+Immaculata&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pr-am-oelbach.de%2Fst_mariaImmaculata.html%23geschichte_mariaImmaculata&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWenzel+Anton%2C+Prince+of+Kaunitz-Rietberg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Franz A.J. Szabo, "Prince Kaunitz and the Balance of Power." <i><a href="/wiki/The_International_History_Review" title="The International History Review">The International History Review</a></i> 1#3 (1979): 399–408. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/40105021">40105021</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">D. B. Horn, "The Diplomatic Revolution" in J. O. Lindsay, ed., <i>The New Cambridge Modern History vol. 7, The Old Regime: 1713–63</i> (1957): pp. 449–464.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Regarding personal names: <i><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsf%C3%BCrst" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsfürst">Reichsfürst</a></i></span></i> was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as <i>Prince of the Empire</i>. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Graf Helmuth James von Moltke</i></span>). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">von</i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">zu</i></span>, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Helmuth James Graf von Moltke</i></span>). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsfürstin</i></span>. Titles using the prefix <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichs-</i></span> were those created before the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaynesSmith1882" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1882). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Kaunitz,_Wenzel_Anton">"Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton" </a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 14 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kaunitz%2C+Wenzel+Anton&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=9th&rft.pub=Charles+Scribner%27s+Sons&rft.date=1882&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWenzel+Anton%2C+Prince+of+Kaunitz-Rietberg" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roider, Karl A. Jr. "Kaunitz, Joseph II and the Turkish War". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Slavonic_and_East_European_Review" title="The Slavonic and East European Review">The Slavonic and East European Review</a></i> (1976) 54#135 pp. 538–556.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wenzel_Anton,_Prince_of_Kaunitz-Rietberg" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li>McGill, William J. "The roots of policy: Kaunitz in Vienna and Versailles, 1749–1753". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Modern_History" title="The Journal of Modern History">The Journal of Modern History</a></i> 43.2 (1971): 228–244. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1876544">1876544</a></li> <li>Padover, Saul K. "Prince Kaunitz' Résumé of His Eastern Policy, 1763–71". <i>The Journal of Modern History</i> 5.3 (1933): 352–365. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1875848">1875848</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Ferdinand_von_K%C3%B6nigsegg-Erps" title="Karl Ferdinand von Königsegg-Erps">Count Karl Ferdinand von Königsegg-Erps</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_ministers_plenipotentiary_of_the_Austrian_Netherlands" title="List of ministers plenipotentiary of the Austrian Netherlands">Minister Plenipotentiary of the Austrian Netherlands</a> </b><br />1744–1746 </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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title="Johann von Böber">Johann von Böber</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Joachim_Christoph_Bode" title="Johann Joachim Christoph Bode">Johann Joachim Christoph Bode</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Michael_B%C3%B6ck" title="Johann Michael Böck">Johann Michael Böck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ignaz_von_Born" title="Ignaz von Born">Ignaz von Born</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_B%C3%B6ttiger" title="Karl Böttiger">Karl Böttiger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Heinrich_Campe" title="Joachim Heinrich Campe">Joachim Heinrich Campe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Cannabich" title="Christian Cannabich">Christian Cannabich</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_August,_Grand_Duke_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philipp_von_Cobenzl" title="Philipp von Cobenzl">Philipp von Cobenzl</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hieronymus_von_Colloredo" title="Hieronymus von Colloredo">Hieronymus von Colloredo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ignaz_Cornova" title="Ignaz Cornova">Ignaz Cornova</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Theodor_Anton_Maria_von_Dalberg" title="Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg">Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anton_Dereser" title="Anton Dereser">Anton Dereser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_von_Dillis" title="Johann Georg von Dillis">Johann Georg von Dillis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Wilhelm_von_Dohm" title="Christian Wilhelm von Dohm">Christian Wilhelm von Dohm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_von_Eckartshausen" title="Karl von Eckartshausen">Karl von Eckartshausen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Eickemeyer" title="Rudolf Eickemeyer">Rudolf Eickemeyer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Heinrich_Feder" title="Johann Georg Heinrich Feder">Johann Georg Heinrich Feder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ferdinand_of_Brunswick-Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel">Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg </a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moses_Dobru%C5%A1ka" title="Moses Dobruška">Junius Frey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Christian_II,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg" title="Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg">Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_V,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Homburg" title="Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg">Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_Ferdinand_Constantin_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Prince Frederick Ferdinand Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">G—M</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Garve" title="Christian Garve">Christian Garve</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Gedike" title="Friedrich Gedike">Friedrich Gedike</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Otto_Heinrich_von_Gemmingen-Hornberg" title="Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg">Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Friedrich_G%C3%BCnther_von_Goeckingk" title="Leopold Friedrich Günther von Goeckingk">Leopold Friedrich Günther von Goeckingk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Casimir_H%C3%A4ffelin" title="Johann Casimir Häffelin">Johann Casimir Häffelin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_August_von_Hardenberg" title="Karl August von Hardenberg">Karl August von Hardenberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lorenz_Leopold_Haschka" title="Lorenz Leopold Haschka">Lorenz Leopold Haschka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/August_Adolph_von_Hennings" title="August Adolph von Hennings">August Adolph von Hennings</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Herder" title="Johann Gottfried Herder">Johann Gottfried Herder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andreas_Joseph_Hofmann" title="Andreas Joseph Hofmann">Andreas Joseph Hofmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christoph_Wilhelm_Hufeland" title="Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland">Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gottlieb_Hufeland" title="Gottlieb Hufeland">Gottlieb Hufeland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isaak_Iselin" title="Isaak Iselin">Isaak Iselin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Heinrich_Jacobi" title="Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi">Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles_of_Hesse-Kassel" title="Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel">Karl von Hesse-Kassel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Gottlieb_Klauer" title="Martin Gottlieb Klauer">Martin Gottlieb Klauer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Kleuker" title="Johann Friedrich Kleuker">Johann Friedrich Kleuker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Freiherr_Knigge" title="Adolph Freiherr Knigge">Adolph Knigge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Gottfried_K%C3%B6rner" title="Christian Gottfried Körner">Christian Gottfried Körner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Heinrich_Lang" title="Karl Heinrich Lang">Karl Heinrich Lang</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Michael_Leuchsenring" title="Franz Michael Leuchsenring">Franz Michael Leuchsenring</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Justus_Christian_Loder" title="Justus Christian Loder">Justus Christian Loder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_I,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse" title="Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse">Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Hesse</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jakob_Mauvillon" title="Jakob Mauvillon">Jakob Mauvillon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Beda_Mayr" title="Beda Mayr">Beda Mayr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christoph_Meiners" title="Christoph Meiners">Christoph Meiners</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/August_Gottlieb_Mei%C3%9Fner" title="August Gottlieb Meißner">August Gottlieb Meißner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_August_Mellin" title="Ludwig August Mellin">Ludwig August Mellin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_Gabriel_Riqueti,_comte_de_Mirabeau" title="Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau">Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Gotthilf_Moldenhawer" title="Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer">Daniel Gotthilf Moldenhawer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_von_Montgelas" title="Maximilian von Montgelas">Maximilian von Montgelas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johannes_von_M%C3%BCller" title="Johannes von Müller">Johannes von Müller</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_M%C3%BCnter" title="Friedrich Münter">Friedrich Münter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Karl_August_Mus%C3%A4us" title="Johann Karl August Musäus">Johann Karl August Musäus</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">N—Z</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Gottlob_Neefe" title="Christian Gottlob Neefe">Christian Gottlob Neefe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christoph_Friedrich_Nicolai" title="Christoph Friedrich Nicolai">Christoph Friedrich Nicolai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Oberth%C3%BCr" title="Franz Oberthür">Franz Oberthür</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dietrich_Heinrich_Ludwig_von_Ompteda" title="Dietrich Heinrich Ludwig von Ompteda">Dietrich Heinrich Ludwig von Ompteda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Adolph_Overbeck" title="Christian Adolph Overbeck">Christian Adolph Overbeck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Pestalozzi" title="Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi">Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Leonhard_Reinhold" title="Karl Leonhard Reinhold">Karl Leonhard Reinhold</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Franz_Anton_Ries" title="Franz Anton Ries">Franz Anton Ries</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Gotthilf_Salzmann" title="Christian Gotthilf Salzmann">Christian Gotthilf Salzmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Schlichtegroll" title="Friedrich Schlichtegroll">Friedrich Schlichtegroll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Schlosser" title="Johann Georg Schlosser">Johann Georg Schlosser</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Friedrich,_Baron_von_Schlotheim" title="Ernst Friedrich, Baron von Schlotheim">Ernst Friedrich von Schlotheim</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Simrock" title="Nikolaus Simrock">Nikolaus Simrock</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Thomas_von_S%C3%B6mmerring" title="Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring">Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_von_Sonnenfels" title="Joseph von Sonnenfels">Joseph von Sonnenfels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Timotheus_Spittler" title="Ludwig Timotheus Spittler">Ludwig Timotheus Spittler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anton_Matthias_Sprickmann" title="Anton Matthias Sprickmann">Anton Matthias Sprickmann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Stadion,_Count_von_Warthausen" title="Johann Philipp Stadion, Count von Warthausen">Johan Philip Stadion von Warthausen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Stoll" title="Maximilian Stoll">Maximilian Stoll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gottfried_van_Swieten" title="Gottfried van Swieten">Gottfried van Swieten</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johann_Nepomuk_von_Triva" title="Johann Nepomuk von Triva">Johann Nepomuk von 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