Hercule-Louis Turinetti, marquis of Prié

Ercole Giuseppe Lodovico Turinetti marchese di Prié (* November 27, 1658 in Turin, † January 12, 1726 in Vienna); was a Piedmontese diplomat and 1716-1726 deputy governor of the Austrian Netherlands.

Life

Prié came from the Savoyard nobility. His father was Giorgio de Prié, who was elevated to the Count ( Marchese ). His mother was Maria Violante Alperga di Rivera. Prié was first envoy of his country during the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and mediated in 1704 an alliance with the Habsburgs Victor Amadeus II After he had entered the Imperial service, he was Commissioner for food for the troops in Italy and negotiated with Pope Clement XI. , to end hostilities commenced with the Papal States in Comacchiokrieg by imperial ultimatum. His compatriot Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1694 owed ​​praised urging a first high command of the imperial army in Italy. After Eugene had been appointed governor of the new Austrian Netherlands, he needed a deputy who could take over his duties on site. Eugene could not travel even in the distant southern Netherlands, mainly due to the re- fracturing Turkish War. So Prié was the real Lord of the Habsburg possessions in what is now Belgium.

The most important task for the governor was the revision of the barrier treatise with the United Provinces. For this task, the experienced diplomat and close confidant of Eugene was very appropriate. Even if he had to fit in, he sat own policy priorities. So Prié was against desired by the founding emperor of the Ostend Company, which ultimately had to fail because of the maritime powers.

The French-speaking Italian was really accepted neither the regional nor the Austrian and Spanish nobility in Vienna. Prié was in constant confrontation with the regional levels. One of the major opponents was Prié was first Jean -Philippe Eugène de Merode - Westerloo overthrown by Claude Alexandre de Bonneval. 1724 met the close associates in the capital Brussels, " where he united the nobility and citizens in the hatred of the " Piedmont tyrant " " found. Bonneval immediately began a political campaign against Prié and raised an appeal with the Vienna Court Chancellor Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf. Bonneval was located in the southern Netherlands general support, in large parts of the military, be sure to Prié. That same year, Eugene had his charge dropped and asked himself Emperor Charles for his dismissal from the General Government, which was granted in November 1724.

The Belgian historiography describes Prié as highly corrupt. This contrasts with that Prié left huge debts at his death.

Only a few years after his release Prié died in Vienna.