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Friday 6 December 2019

Austrian brig of war Aeolus arrived at Trieste, Italy according to the Dutch newspaper Koninklijke courant dated 13 June 1808

An item dated Trieste, Italy 24th May reported that arrival on the 23rd of the Austrian brig of war Aeolus with on board the count of Kaunitz Rietberg, Austrian ambassador at the cour of Palermo with his whole family. The brig escorted 5 Austrian merchant ships coming in ballast from Malta.(1)

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1. Franz Wensel Graf of Kaunitz-Rietberg (2 July 1742 Vienna, Austria-19 December 1825 Vienna, Austria)?