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Aretin, Johann Adam Freiherr von
(1769-1822),
Bavarian statesman. Entered the Bavarian civil service in 1788; 1793 appointed Rat der oberen Landesregierung; 1798 became its Vizekanzler. From 1808 he was a member of the legislative commission and was involved in drawing up the constitution in 1808. During and after the wars of liberation he was entrusted with several diplomatic missions. In 1817 he was Bavarian envoy to the Bundestag in Frankfurt, where he energetically defended the constitutional principle against Metternich.
British Envoys to Germany, Vol. I, pp. 8, 396n |
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