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Philipp Ludwig von Sinzendorf (14 July 1699 – 28 September 1747) was an Austrian

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of the

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. He was born in

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as the son of Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf, who was Austrian Ambassador there. The House of Von Sinzendorf was a member of the Upper Austrian nobility. (It became extinct with Prince Prosper of Sinzendorff in 1822. The family castle at

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, Austria, was inherited by the

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). Philipp Ludwig was bishop of Györ in

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from 1726 to 1732; after that, he was Prince-Bishop of Breslau (1732 – 1747; until 1742 completely part of

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, later mostly part of

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). He was made a cardinal in November 1727 by Pope Benedict XIII and was

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of Santa Maria sopra Minerva from 1730 to 1747. He died in Breslau.

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1699 births 1747 deaths 18th-century Austrian cardinals Austrian untitled nobility Austrian expatriates in Germany Bishops of Győr Prince-Bishops of Breslau People from Győr Austrian expatriates in Hungary {{cardinal-stub