!!!Colloredo-Mannsfeld, Hieronymus Graf

b. Vienna, May 31, 1732, 
d. Vienna, May 20, 1812, Bishop of Gurk from 1762, last Prince 
Archbishop of Salzburg 1772-1803. Was thrifty, introduced reforms 
similar to those of Joseph II, 1800 fled from the French, 1803 
gave up his secular functions but 1807 was able to maintain the 
existence of the archbishopric. He went down in music history for 
having dismissed W. A.  Mozart from his orchestra.

!Literature
F. Martin, Sbg. Fuersten in der Barockzeit, 1949.



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