Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch
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His Eminence Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Esztergom Primate of Hungary |
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Kollonitsch, mezzotint by Christoph Weigel
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| Installed | 14 July 1695 |
| Term ended | 20 January 1707 |
| Predecessor | György Széchényi |
| Successor | Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz |
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| Ordination | 25 February 1668 |
| Created Cardinal | 1686 |
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| Born | 26 October 1631 Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 20 January 1707 (aged 75) Vienna, Habsburg Monarchy |
| Buried | Pressburg |
| Nationality | Croatian, German, Hungarian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Count Ernst von Kollonitsch Anne Elizabeth von Kueffstein |
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Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch (26 October 1631 – 20 January 1707), also spelt Collonicz, Colonitz, Kollonitz, Kolonits, and Kolonić, and called in Hungarian Kollonich Lipót, was a cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Archbishop of Kalocsa and later of Gran, or Esztergom, and Primate of Hungary. Also a count of the Holy Roman Empire, he was a leading figure of the Hungarian Counter-reformation.
As an imperial minister, Kollonitsch was responsible for reorganizing the new Hungarian territories conquered from the Ottoman Empire and later ceded at the Treaty of Karlowitz. He was said to have gained over one hundred thousand converts to Rome from Orthodox Christianity.
Born at the Hungarian castle of Komárom (now Komárno), Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch was the son of Count Ernst von Kollonitsch, Governor of the castle, by his marriage to Anne Elizabeth von Kueffstein. He became a candidate officer of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, first seeing action in the Cretan War, when the Knights of Malta supported Venice against the Turks.
In 1650 he was knighted at Vienna. In 1654 he took part in the defence of Crete, and in 1655 he fought at the Battle of the Dardanelles, a victory for Venice. He became a Knight Hospitaller in 1658 and was next appointed as Prior and Castellan of the Order of Mailberg, based at Schloss Mailberg. Soon he was also in command of Eger in Bohemia.
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