Soliman, Angelo, 1721-1796

found: Angelo Soliman, der hochfürstliche Mohr, 1993:p. 119, etc. (b. 1721 in Black Africa, nationality unknown; d. 21st Nov. 1796)

found: 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/