Silva-Tarouca, Emanuel Graf eigentlich Manuel Teles da Silva#
b. Lisbon (Portugal), Sept. 17, 1696, d. Vienna, March 8, 1771. Statesman. Fought in the imperial army against the Turks in 1716/17, became president of the Netherlands Council in 1740 and was a close advisor and confidant of the ruler Maria Theresia.
Literature#
E. Silva-Tarouca, Der Mentor der Kaiserin, 1960.