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Johann Graf von Fries (19 May 1719 in 
Stammbaum der Familie Fries
1719 births 1785 deaths 18th-century Austrian businesspeople Swiss bankers Austrian bankers Austrian nobility Mayors of Zürich Businesspeople from Mulhouse 18th-century Swiss businesspeople Counts of the Holy Roman Empire {{Austria-noble-stub
Johann Graf von Fries (19 May 1719 in Mulhouse
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, France
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– 19 June 1785 in Bad Vöslau
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Geography
Bad Vöslau is located 35&nb ...
, Lower Austria
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) descended from a Swiss family of bankers. He was a counsellor, director of the imperial silk factories, industrialist and banker. His house in Vienna was the current Palais Pallavicini
Palais Pallavicini is a palace in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Josefsplatz square at number 5. It has been owned by the noble Pallavicini family. It was previously built and owned by the Fries banking family (Swiss-Austrian) and is ther ...
, built upon a monastery erected by Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France
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(widow of King Charles IX of France
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) and closed in 1782 (the church is now the Lutheran City Church
The Lutheran City Church is a Lutheran church building in Innere Stadt, the first district of Vienna.
Location and architecture
The Lutheran City Church is located at Dorotheergasse 18, next to the Reformed City Church and opposite of the auct ...
) .
His son (and heir) was Count Moritz von Fries
Moritz Christian Johann Reichsgraf von Fries (6 May 1777 – 26 December 1826) was an Austrian nobleman, banker and patron of the arts.
Early life
He was born in Vienna as the youngest son of Count Johann von Fries (1719-1785), one of the ri ...
.
After his time as a mayor of Zürich
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he entered Austrian service. He was responsible for catering of the army.
Footnotes
Further reading
* Christian Steeb: ''Die Grafen von Fries. Eine Schweizer Familie und ihre wirtschaftspolitische und kulturhistorische Bedeutung für Österreich zwischen 1750 und 1830.'' Stadtgemeinde Bad Vöslau, Bad Vöslau 1999, (Dissertation). *External links
*Stammbaum der Familie Fries
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