Johann Wenzel of Gallas

Johann Wenzel Count of Gallas (23 May 1669 – 25 July 1719), Duke of Lucera, was a Bohemian noble and diplomat and one of the largest landowners in the Holy Roman Empire.

He carried out his diplomatic activities during the War of the Spanish Succession and was involved in negotiations with the English and Dutch allies and with the French Marquess of Torcy.

In addition, he was the Emperor's real privy councilor, associate judge of the Czech regional court and above all from 1708 Marshal of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

On 25 April 1700, Johann Wenzel von Gallas married Countess Maria Anna Franziska Eva of Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg (1681–1705), daughter of Prince Philipp Sigmund of Dietrichstein.

They had one son: After his first wife's death, Johann Wenzel von Gallas married on 26 August 1716, her sister Countess Maria Ernestine of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (1683–1744).