Heinrich von Brühl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich von Brühl

German statesman at the court of Saxony

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1700

Place of Birth: Gangloffsömmern, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1763

Profession: politician, art collector

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Heinrich, count von Brühl (Polish: Henryk Brühl, 13 August 1700 – 28 October 1763), was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family.
The incumbency of this ambitious politician coincided with the decline of both states.
Brühl was a skillful diplomat and cunning strategist, who managed to attain control over of Saxony and Poland, partly by controlling its king, Augustus III, who ultimately could only be accessed through Brühl himself. Polish historian and writer Józef Ignacy Kraszewski wrote a novel under the title Count Brühl, in which he described Heinrich as an oppressive and stubborn dictator, who, with greed, but also great determination, unsuccessfully attempted to gain control of the entire nation.It is widely believed that Brühl had Europe's largest collection of watches and military vests; attributed to him was also a vast collection of ceremonial wigs, hats and the largest collection of Meissen porcelain in the world.
He had also one of the biggest collection of kabbala books in Europe.



Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	23 June 1675	11 April 1760
Location of birth/death	Sceaux, France	Paris
Work location	since 1716 court painter in Dresden and Warsaw
Authority control	: Q729087 VIAF: 37208 ISNI: 0000 0000 6642 6355 ULAN: 500025719 LCCN: nr91031225 WGA: SILVESTRE, Louis de WorldCat