Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg (7 August 1729, Schloss Herdringen – 16 September 1810, Münster) was a German statesman and educator of the 18th century.
He planned a reform of the educational institutions in the Diocese of Münster. In 1773 founded the University of Münster.
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