Frederic Augustus Alexander, Duke of Beaufort-Spontin

[1] Beaufort was, by letters patent of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, dated 2 December 1782, count of the Holy Roman Empire, Marquis of Florennes, etc.

and a privy councillor and chamberlain of Archduke Karl of Austria in Brussels.

[2] Beaufort was Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands[3] on behalf of the Sixth Coalition Powers in 1814, and President of the Privy Council, chamberlain, and grand marshal of the court of King William I of the Netherlands.

He was also a member of the First Chamber of the States General and Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.

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