Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt (

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

, 15 June 1699 - Vienna, 31 December 1769) was an Austrian politician and diplomat of Danish descent.

Biography

His parents were Anna Maria

Sinzendorf The House of Sinzendorf (also: Sinzendorff) was a Bavarian-Austrian noble family with Upper Austrian origin (Sinzendorf in Nußbach), not to be confused with the Lower Austrian House of Zinzendorf. The family belonged to prestigious circle of hig ...

and Leo Graf Ulfeldt, who came from a Danish noble family. After his grandfather,

Corfitz Ulfeldt Count Corfits Ulfeldt (10 July 1606 – 20 February 1664) was a Denmark, Danish politician, statesman, and one of the most notorious traitors in Danish history. Early life Ulfeldt was the son of the chancellor Jacob Ulfeldt (1567–1630), ...

, was sentenced to death for high treason in Denmark, his father Count Leo Ulfeldt had fled to Austria, where he joined the Imperial Army and became a Field Marshal. Anton Corfiz Ulfeldt also initially embarked on a military career, but was transferred to the Reichshofrat in 1724. From 1738 he was ambassador to The Hague and Constantinople. In 1742, at the instigation of

Johann Christoph von Bartenstein Johann Christoph Bartenstein (Strasbourg, 23 October 1689 – Vienna, 5 August 1767) was an Austrian statesman, who dominated the foreign policy of the Austrian Empire from the early 1730's until 1753. Life Bartenstein grew up in Strasbourg ...

, he became State Chancellor and responsible for Austria's foreign policy. He held this post until 1753, when Wenzel Anton Kaunitz became his successor. As foreign minister, Ulfeldt had almost no influence, Bartenstein was the one who directed Austria's course. From 1753 until his death, Ulfelt served as

Obersthofmeister Oberhofmeister of the Austrian King and Emperor (''Grand Master of the Court'') was the most important function at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor (until 1806) and the Emperor of Austria in Vienna (1804–1918). The Oberhofmeister acted as the ...

to Emperess Maria Theresa.
On 5 January 1744 he was accepted into the

Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...

Marriage and offspring

In his first marriage, Ulfeldt was married to Maria Anna von Virmont, heir of Count Damian Hugo von Virmont zu Neersen, but she died after a short marriage on 19 December 1731 without children. In his second marriage, on 16 April 1743, he married Maria Elisabeth von

Lobkowitz The House of Lobkowicz (''Lobkovicové'' in modern Czech, sg. ''z Lobkovic''; ''Lobkowitz'' in German) is a Czech noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest Bohemian noble families. The family also belong to the Ge ...

(1726-1786), daughter of Prince Philipp von Lobkowitz (died 1737).
The couple had a son, Johann Baptist, who died early, and two daughters: *Maria Elisabeth (19 September 1747 - 27 January 1791), married in 1765 Georg Christian von Waldstein-Wartenberg (1743-1791). Ancestors of several European monarchs through

Princess Maria Antonia Koháry Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

. * Maria Wilhelmine (13 May 1744 - 8 May 1800), married Count Josef von

Thun und Hohenstein The House of Thun und Hohenstein, also known as Thun-Hohenstein, belonged to the historical Austrian and Bohemian nobility. There is one princely and several comital branches of the family. The princely branch of the family lived at Děčín (Te ...

(1734-1800), known for her patronage of Mozart and Beethoven.

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