Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg

Portrait by [[Jean-Étienne Liotard]], 1762. He wears the chain of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]]. Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg (, ; 2 February 1711 – 27 June 1794) was an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman in the Habsburg monarchy. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he held the office of State Chancellor for about four decades and was responsible for the foreign policies during the reigns of Maria Theresa, Joseph II, and Leopold II. In 1764, he was elevated to the noble rank of a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (''Reichfürst''). Provided by Wikipedia
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