!!!Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg, Maximilian Graf

Trauttmansdorff(-Weinsberg), Count Maximilian, b. Graz (Styria), May 23, 1584, 
d. Vienna, June 8, 1650. Imperial Diplomat, Lord Steward to Empress 
Anna. Supported  Ferdinand II and opposed M.  Klesl. Took part in 
the alliance with Maximilian of Bavaria and the Catholic League in 
1619 and negotiated with the Pope and Spain. In 1621 made peace with 
Bethlen Gábor, took part in the overthrow of A. von  
Wallenstein, negotiated the Peace of Prague in 1635 and was main 
delegate of the Emperor at the negotiations for the Peace of 
Westphalia in Muenster 1640-1648.

!Literature
H. F. Schwarz, The imperial privy council in the 17th 
century, 1943; F. Dickmann, Der Westfaelische Friede, 1959.



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