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Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (born 1552)

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Melchior Klesl

Austrian statesman and cardinal

Melchior Klesl was an Austrian statesman and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church during the time of the Counter-Reformation. He was minister-favourite of King and Emperor Matthias (1609-1618) and a leading advocate for peace between the empire's different confessional leagues…
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