Count Ludwig von Cobenzl
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Johann Ludwig Joseph Graf von Cobenzl (born November 21, 1753 in Brussels; died February 22, 1809 in Vienna) was an Austrian diplomat and politician.
In 1779, the cousin of Austrian chancellor Philipp Graf von Cobenzl, and protégé of Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, became minister at St. Petersburg.
In 1795, during the Third Partition of Poland, he negotiated a large portion of land for Austria, that had gone empty in the Second Partition.
In 1800, he became foreign minister of Austria. As such, he recognized the imperial title of Napoleon, which did not stop Austria in engaging against him in the War of the Third Coalition in 1805. This engagement lead to the defeat of Austria, ending in the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, which lead to Cobenzl's dismissal.
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