Ferdinand von Plettenberg
Baron Ferdinand Wilhelm Adolf Franz von Plettenberg, later on Count von Plettenberg und Wittem, commonly referred to as Ferdinand von Plettenberg, born July 25, 1690, in Paderborn, died March 18, 1737, in Vienna was Prime Minister of the Electorate of Cologne, Treasurer and Hereditary Marshal of Prince-elector Clemens August of Bavaria and an important supporter of Maria Theresa in the succession to the throne for the Habsburgian Erblande.[1][2]
References
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- Back to citation Krischer, Andre (December 2002). "Ein nothwendig Stück der Ambassaden - Zur politischen Rationalität des diplomatischen Zeremoniells bei Kurfürst Clemens August". Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein. 205 (1): 161–200. doi:10.7788/annalen.2002.205.1.161. S2CID 163866727.