Philipp von Cobenzl
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Johann Philipp Graf von Cobenzl (May 28, 1741, Ljubljana
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 - August 30, 1810, Vienna
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, Austrian Empire
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) was a Carniolan nobleman, working as a diplomat of the Habsburg Monarchy
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 and the Austrian Empire
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. He was an ambassador
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 of the Habsburg Monarchy in Paris till his retirement in 1805, and then lived in Vienna. In 1809, he informed Napoleon Bonaparte about the demographics of the newly established Illyrian Provinces
Illyrian provinces
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Literature

  • Alfred von Arneth: Graf Philipp Cobenzl und seine Memoiren. – Wien : Carl Gerolds Sohn, 1885
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