found: Weis, Johann Martin. Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du Roi, 1748:plate 1 (in caption: M. de Klinglin, preteur royal de la ville)
found: Hatt, Jacques. "La Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du roi en 1744," in Archives alsaciennes d'histoire de l'art, année 2, 1923, pages140-166:page 140 (the book Représentation des fêtes données par la ville de Strasbourg ... is due to the initiative of the préteur royal [royal praetor, a municipal officer in Strasbourg charged with representing the king in the assemblies of the Strasbourg Magistracy], François-Joseph de Klinglin, who had been the promoter of the festival) passim (quotations from his correspondence, in French)
found: Klinglin, François-Joseph de. Dissertatio inauguralis de successione foeminarum In feudo franco, 1707, via Google Books, Dec. 9, 2014:title page (Franciscus Josephus de Klinglin, eq[ues] Alsatus)
found: Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique d'Alsace (CRDP) Web site, Dec. 9, 2014(in section Biographies alsaciennes: Klinglin, François-Joseph; prêteur royal à Strasbourg under Louis XV; baron de Hattstatt, conseiller d'état; named prêteur royal à Strasbourg in 1725 by Louis XV; notably corrupt, he was arrested on Feb. 25, 1752, but died in prison just before his trial, on Feb. 6, 1753)
found: French Wikipedia, Dec. 9, 2014(François-Joseph de Klinglin, baron de Hattstatt, seigneur d'Illkirch et de Graffenstaden, d'Oberhergheim, de Bilzheim, Zillisheim, Munwiller etc., conseiller d'État and préteur royal à Strasbourg; born Sélestat, 1686; died Feb. 6, 1753, in the citadel of Strasbourg)
found: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne, no. 21, 1993(under Klinglin, de: François Joseph, administrator, born Sélestat Oct. 22, 1686; presented his thesis, De successione foeminarum in feudo franco, at University of Strasbourg, 1707; inherited title of préteur royal on his father's death, June 23, 1725; organized the festival occasioned by the king's visit to Strasbourg in 1744 and was responsible for the publication of of the illustrated description; arrested Feb. 25, 1752; died in the citadel of Strasbourg, Feb. 6, 1753)
found: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Dec. 9, 2014(Klinglin, François Joseph de; life dates: 1686-1753; from Schlettstadt [Sélestat]; variants include Klinglin, Franz Joseph von; Klinglin, Franciscus Josephus de)
