Johann Ludwig Joseph Graf von Cobenzl (November 21, 1753, in Brussels

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 – February 22, 1809, in Vienna

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) was a diplomat

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 and politician

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 of the Habsburg Monarchy

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In 1779, the cousin

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 of the diplomat Philipp Graf von Cobenzl, and protégé of Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, became minister at St. Petersburg.

In 1795, during the Third Partition of Poland

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, he negotiated a large portion of land for the Habsburgy Monarchy that had gone empty in the Second Partition

Second Partition of Poland

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In 1800, he became foreign minister

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 of the Habsburg Monarchy. As such, he signed the Treaty of Lunéville

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 in 1801, and recognized the imperial title of Napoleon. In 1805, the Austrian Empire

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 took part in the War of the Third Coalition, and was defeated at the Battle of Austerlitz

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, which led to Cobenzl's dismissal.

Cobenzl was a member of the Illuminati under the name of Arrian.