| LC control no. | n 96114004 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Soliman, Angelo, 1721-1796 |
| Associated country | Austria |
| Birth date | 1721 |
| Death date | 1796-11-21 |
| Place of birth | Africa |
| Profession or occupation | Freemasons Chamberlains (Royal households) |
| Found in | Angelo Soliman, der hochfürstliche Mohr, 1993: p. 119, etc. (b. 1721 in Black Africa, nationality unknown; d. 21st Nov. 1796) Black Central Europe Website, March 22, 2017 (Angelo Soliman (ca. 1721-1796) came from Africa, a non-Christian, most likely Muslim family and was kidnapped and taken into slavery at the age of eight; he was taken to Sicily, where he was sold to the Austrian Field Marshall Prince Lobkowitz; Soliman became a soldier in his service and a very trusted advisor; after the death of Lobkowitz we find Soliman in Vienna in the service of Prince Liechtenstein, who made him his chamberlain and entrusted him with the education of his children; he was in enlightened circles, and was well-was a Freemason; was friend with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn and Emperor Joseph II; after his death, his body, on the order of Kaiser Franz II, was skinned, and his skin was stretched over a wooden figure meant to imitate that of the living Soliman; for ten years it was exhibited to public view in the Natural History Museum of the Imperial House of Austria) <https://blackcentraleurope.com/sources/1500-1750/angelo-soliman-ca-1750/> |
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