Count Friedrich Wilhelm Von Haugwitz
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Haugwitz (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Haugwitz), cs, Fridrich Vilém Haugwitz; 11 December 1702, Electorate of Saxony, Saxony – 30 August 1765, Miroslavské Knínice, Deutsch Knönitz ( cs, Miroslavské Knínice), Habsburg Moravia) was Supreme Chancellor of the United Court Chancery and the head of ''Directorium in publicis et cameralibus'' under Maria Theresa of Austria. He also served as one of the key advisors in instituting Maria Theresa's reforms. Haugwitz attempted to bring both centralization and economic reform to the Habsburg lands. Biography In this position, Haugwitz presided over the hereditary lands of the Habsburg monarchy. After 1760, the chancery also dealt in the affairs of Bohemia. The ''Directorium in publicis et cameralibus'' became a centralized agency established with the advisement of Haugwitz to deal with matters such as “international administration and taxation, public safety, social welfare, education, church ma ...
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