Florimont-Claude de Mercy-Argenteau | |
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Austrian Ambassador to France | |
In office 1766–1790 | |
Monarchs | Maria Theresa of Austria Joseph II of Austria Leopold II of Austria |
Preceded by | Georg Adam von Starhemberg |
Succeeded by | Franz Paul von Blumendorf |
Austrian Ambassador to Russia | |
In office 15 June 1761 – 6 October 1763 | |
Monarch | Maria Theresa of Austria |
Preceded by | Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy |
Succeeded by | Joseph Maria Karl von Lobkowicz |
Austrian Ambassador to Sardinia-Piedmont | |
In office 14 June 1754 – 18 December 1760 | |
Monarch | Maria Theresa of Austria |
Preceded by | Georg Barré |
Succeeded by | Johann Sigismund von Khevenhüller-Metsch |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 April 1727 Liège, Prince-Bishopric of Liege, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 25 August 1794 London, Great Britain | (aged 67)
Nationality | Austrian |
Florimond Claude, comte de Mercy-Argenteau (20 April 1727 – 25 August 1794) was an Austrian diplomat, statesman of French noble ancestry, in the service of the Holy Roman Empire.