Note 537 — BOOK III[496]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Karl Count von Chotek (1783-1868) was appointed Governor of the Tyrol in 1819, Court Chancellor in 1825 and Grand Burgrave of Bohemia in 1826; he retained this post until 1843.—T.
The Marquis de Villeneuve speaks of Count von Chotek as follows, in his Memoirs on Charles X. in exile:
"His title of Grand Burgrave corresponds in its functions with those of our prefects, with less additional burdens and less diversity in the matter of details. But his prefecture was a whole kingdom. He ruled four millions of inhabitants. Although he possessed an immense fortune, he occupied a modest house. His political opinions bore a strong impress of Liberalism."—B.