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Also Known As Melchior Khlesl
Born February 19, 1552 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 18, 1630 (aged 78) • Vienna • Austria
Role In Counter-Reformation
Ferdinand II
Holy Roman emperor
Matthias, print
Matthias
Holy Roman emperor
Maximilian II
Holy Roman emperor
Maximilian, count von Trauttmansdorff
Austrian statesman and diplomat
Pietro Della Vigna
Italian minister
Matthäus Lang
German statesman and cardinal
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Leopold I
Leopold I
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick III
Holy Roman emperor
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz
chancellor of Austria
Charles VI
Holy Roman emperor
Rudolf II
Rudolf II
Holy Roman emperor
Joseph I
Holy Roman emperor
Ferdinand III, detail from a portrait from the studio of Peter Paul Rubens; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Ferdinand III
Holy Roman emperor
Mercy, Franz, Freiherr von
Franz, baron von Mercy
Austrian field marshal
Wenzel Eusebius, Fürst von Lobkowitz
Austrian statesman
Gallas, detail from an engraving
Matthias Gallas, count von Campo
Austrian general
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
German merchant