Ludwig von Paar

Ludwig was in the Foreign Service of the Imperial and Royal, later Imperial and Royal Monarchy, and was Austrian Ambassador to Sardinia-Piedmont from 1853 to 1857, then in the same position in Modena from 1857 to 1859.^[2]

In 1859, he moved to Stockholm as Imperial and Royal Envoy to the Swedish Court. From 1864 to 1866 he held the same position at the Electorate of Hesse Court in Kassel;^[3] then from 1866 to 1869 at the Danish court, after a mission as the now Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to the Saxon Court in Dresden from 1869 to 1872, he was again in Copenhagen from 1872 to 1873, after which he was transferred in 1873 as Ambassador to the Holy See in Rome,^[4] and remained in this post until 1888.^[5]

Von Paar owned a notable collection of autographs, including letters from Michelangelo. He was also the owner of Mozart's childhood violin, which was presented to the International Mozarteum Foundation by his son in 1896.^[6]

On 14 June 1858 in Modena, Count von Paar married Countess Marie Anna Esterházy de Galantha (1834–1863),^[7] a daughter of Kázmér Miklós Esterházy de Galántha and Leopoldina Szapáry de Muraszombath (a daughter of Count József Szápáry de Muraszombath).^[8] Before her death in Stockholm in 1863, they were the parents of:^[7]

• Count Ludwig Casimir Carl Guido Leopold Johann Joseph Maria Nikolaus von Paar (1859–1912), who married Bettina Bibl.^[7]
• Count Alfred Marie Joseph Louis Guido Eric von Paar (1861–1861), who died in infancy.^[7]
• Count Karl Ludwig Joseph Erich von Paar (1863–1894), who died unmarried.^[7]

Count von Paar died on 6 January 1893.^[5]