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Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein
Kraft Ernst was Count, from 1774 Prince, of Oettingen-Wallerstein in the Ries of Swabia. A devoted patron of music, he built up one of the finest court orchestras in Germany, with Antonio Rosetti among its members, and he collected books and manuscripts for the family library, whose treasures were acquired by Bavaria in 1980 for the University of Augsburg.
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