Historical records matching Graf Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Haugwitz
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About Graf Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Haugwitz
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von von Haugwitz
- Österreichischer Staatsmann, * 11.12.1702, † 11.9.1765 Knönitz (Mähren). (seit 1725 katholisch)
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- relationship to Maria Theresa
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SECTION: Domestic reforms
- Realizing the need for a sizable standing army and in order to maintain one, 'Maria Theresa (Holy Roman empress) accepted the plans of Count Friedrich Wilhelm Haugwitz—the first in a succession of remarkable men of intellect she was to draw into her council. In the face of the opposition of many noblemen, she managed to reduce drastically (except in Hungary) the powers of the various dominions’ estates, which...
TITLE: Austria
SECTION: First reforms, 1748–56
- ...the towns). These bodies negotiated annually with the ruler regarding the amount of taxes (i.e., the contribution) that each crown land would pay to the central government. Following the advice of Friedrich Wilhelm, Graf (count) von Haugwitz, a Silesian who had fled the Prussians in 1741, Maria Theresa proposed negotiating with each diet only every 10 years, setting the amount to be collected...
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Graf Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Haugwitz's Timeline
1702 |
December 11, 1702
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Sachsen, Germany
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1734 |
October 31, 1734
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1765 |
September 11, 1765
Age 62
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Köronitz
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