!!!Althann, Michael Johann Graf

b. Jaroslavice, Czech Republic (then Joslowitz), Oct. 8, 1679, 
d. Vienna, March 26, 1722, diplomat. Companion to Karl VI of Habsburg 
in Spain, most fervent of the "Spanish counsellors" at the imperial 
court. Commissioned J. B. Fischer von Erlach to enlarge Frain Palace 
(Vranov, Czech Republic). His wife, Maria Anna, nee Marchesa 
Pignatelli (b. Alcudia (Spain), July 26, 1689, d. Vienna, March 1, 
1755) was a friend of Karl VI and used her influence at court to 
promote Italian artists (A.  Zeno, P. A.  Metastasio) and the baroque 
historians B.  Pez and J. G.  Bessel. Noble family  Althan(n).



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