Johann Baptista Ruffini (born in 1672 in Meran; died June 16, 1749 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

) was an important salt trader

Edible salt

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 in Bavaria

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He was married to Maria Johann Unertl (1689–1768), a sister of the Privy Council Chancellor and Conference Minister Franz Xaver Josef Freiherr von Unertl

Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl

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 and niece of the Traunstein

Traunstein

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 salt administrative officer Johann Zacharias von Mezger, Edler von Meggenhoven.

His son-in-law was Lieutenant Field Marshal, War Council Director, and Privy Councillor Jean-Gaspard Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée

Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée

Johann Kaspar Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée was a leading Bavarian general....

. His grandson was the President of the Electoral Bavarian Upper Court of Appellation, Aloys Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée

Aloys Basselet von La Rosée

Johann Kaspar Aloys Reichsgraf Basselet von La Rosée was a Bavarian official and judge as well as a member of the Illuminati....

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Ruffini was elevated Electoral Bavarian Court Chamber Councillor and Imperial Privy Councillor. In 1720, he was ennobled in Vienna. He is remembered through the so-called Ruffini house at Munich's Rindermarkt, which he bought in 1708, and through his tombstone at the outer wall of St. Peter's Church in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

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The present-day head of the family, Enno Freiherr von Ruffin, is married to Greek

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 singer Vicky Leandros

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