Johann Baptist Coronini-Cronberg (19 November 1794 – 26 July 1880) was an Austrian

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born in

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. Coronini-Cronberg was governor of the

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from 1851 to 1859. He was

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from 28 July 1859 to 19 June 1860.

Occupation of the Danubian Principalities

General Coronini-Cronberg commanded the

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army which occupied the

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and

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in 1854, obliging

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forces to withdraw. After a cursory investigation into 'the personal and official conduct' of the Russian-nominated

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, the princes

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and Grigore Ghica, he ruled that they should be reinstated. Florescu, Radu R. (2021), ''The Struggle against Russia in the Romanian Principalities'', Histria Books, Las Vegas, pp. 309 - 314,

References

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