Johann Wenzel Von Gallas
Johann Wenzel Count of Gallas (23 May 1669 – 25 July 1719), Duke of Lucera, was a Bohemia, Bohemian noble and diplomat and one of the largest landowners in the Holy Roman Empire. Biography Johann Wenzel of Gallas was born on 23 May 1669 in Hořiněves Castle. He was the eldest son of the Imperial general Count Franz Ferdinand of Gallas (1635–1697) and his second wife Johanna Emerentia Countess Gaschin of Rosenberg, and a grandson of Generalfeldmarschall Matthias Gallas, one of the leading Imperial commanders during the Thirty Years' War. Johann Wenzel of Gallas worked in the service of Emperors Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph I and Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, primarily as a diplomat. He successively became the Imperial ambassador in London (1705–1711), The Hague (1711–1713) and Rome (1713–1718). He carried out his diplomatic activities during the War of the Spanish Succession and was involved in negotiations with the English and Dutch allies and wit ...
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