Count leupold von berchtold biography sample

  • He served with distinction for five years in St. Petersburg and experienced Russia's distrust and fear of Vienna.
  • Count Leopold von Berchtold (1863-1942), Austrian-Hungarian Foreign Minister, The standard biography of Berchtold remains Hugo Hantsch, Leopold Graf Berchtold.
  • “Berchtold came at 6 and stayed to dine.

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    Leopold Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz
    Austro-Hungarian Ambassador to Russia

    In office
    28 månad 1906 – 25 March 1911
    Preceded byAlois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal
    Succeeded byDuglas Graf von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli
    Joint utländsk Minister of Austria-Hungary

    In office
    17 February 1912 – 13 January 1915
    Preceded byAlois Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal
    Succeeded byStephan Freiherr Burián von Rajecz
    Personal details
    Born (1863-04-18)18 April 1863
    Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
    Died 21 November 1942(1942-11-21) (aged 79)
    Peresznye, Hungary
    Spouse(s) Ferdinandine, née Gräfin Károlyi von Nagykároly (1868–1955)

    Leopold (Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand) Graf Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz (Hungarian language: Gróf Berchtold Lipót, Czech language: Leopold hrabě Berchtold z Uherčic ) (18 April 1863 – 21 Novembe

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    A sample discussion on the 'blank cheque' telegram

    This document is a confidential telegram [what type of document?] from the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador in Berlin, Count Szögýeny-Marich [who is the author?], to his superior, Foreign Minister Leopold von Berchtold, in Vienna. It is dated 5 July 1914, just a week after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo [historical context]. The document was not intended for publication, being a confidential telegram.

    Count Szögýeny describes the events at the Kaiser’s palace when he delivered to the monarch a handwritten letter by the Austrian Emperor, Franz Joseph, which had been delivered to Berlin by special envoy Count Hoyos [what is the document about?]. This is the so-called ‘Hoyos Mission’, an event whose importance has been discussed by historians debating the origins of the First World War [historical context; your wider knowledge].

    Vienna despatched the env

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    Leopold Berchtold

    Austro-Hungarian politician (1863–1942)

    Leopold Anton Johann Sigismund Josef Korsinus Ferdinand Graf[a] Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz (Hungarian: Gróf Berchtold Lipót, Czech: Leopold hrabě Berchtold z Uherčic) (18 April 1863 – 21 November 1942)[1] was an Austro-Hungarian politician, diplomat and statesman who served as Imperial Foreign Minister at the outbreak of World War I.

    Life

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    Early life

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    Born in Vienna on 18 April 1863 as the son of Count Sigismund Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz, Frättling und Püllütz (1834–1900) and his wife, Countess Josephine von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1835–1894). He belonged to a wealthy Austrian noble family that owned lands in Moravia and Hungary.[2][3] He was reputed to be one of Austria-Hungary's richest men.

    His paternal grandparents were Count Siegmund Andreas Corsinus Berchtold von und zu Ungarschitz and Countess Ludmilla Maria The

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