Leopold Heyperger was a 16th-century
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who was the
Burggrave of Hofburg Palace from 1547 to 1560, as well as
Ferdinand I's treasurer
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. He was personally appointed to be the administrator of the imperial
Kunstkammer in Hofburg Palace. He is best known for organizing a vast collection of
ancient Roman coins for the Kunstkammer in 1547.
See also
* The
Heyperger Family
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1504 births
1564 deaths
Austrian nobility
Hofburg