Emil von Richthofen
Emil Karl Heinrich von Richthofen (11 July 1810 – 20 June 1895, at Baden-Baden), was a Prussian baron (freiherr) and diplomat. He was the son of Ludwig Philipp Heinrich, Freiherr von Richthofen (1770–1850).[1]
In 1833, he married Marie Augustin in Potsdam. After joining the Prussian diplomatic service, his first posting was in 1846 as the Prussian Consul General in Jassy (Iași), capital of the semi-independent principality of Moldavia. His son Oswald von Richthofen, the future Imperial German foreign minister, was born in Jassy in 1847.
From 1851 to 1856 he was the Prussian Minister (envoy) to Mexico, later publishing the works Die politischen Zustände der Republik Mexiko (The political conditions of the Republic of Mexico) in 1859 and Die mexikanische Frage in 1862. In July 1855 he secured a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation between Mexico and Prussia (and the other states of the Zollverein).[2]
Despite being neutral in the Crimean War, Prussia participated in the Congress of Paris (1856) which brought that conflict to an end. One of its provisions was the re-organisation of the Danubian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, under the supervision of the European great powers. Emil von Richthofen was appointed the Prussian representative on the commission established for this purpose.[3]
In 1859 he became the Prussian envoy to the Hanseatic free cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck and to the two Mecklenburg states. During this time he organised a visit to Hamburg by the fledgling Prussian Navy, led by Prince Adalbert of Prussia, to whom he was appointed Premier Lieutenant and Personal Adjutant.[2][4]
During the crisis of 1866 which resulted in the
At the 26 June meeting of the Hamburg Senate, Merck said that to avoid occupation of Hamburg, dissolution of the government or further coercion, it was now necessary to give way. All of northern Germany had joined Prussia, and one could not be sure what energetic steps Prussia could take.[7] Krüger, still their Bundestag envoy, was not without influence on the decisions during the critical hours, and then had to return to Frankfurt to make a joint statement of the three cities. His attitude had been cautious since 16 June. A milder answer to Prussia than originally proposed on 22 June was then sent,[8] giving way to Prussia on the main demands.
Finally from 1868 to 1871 Richthofen was the Minister (envoy) of the North German Federation at Stockholm, Sweden.[3]
References
- ^ Genealogy of Emil Karl Heinrich von Richthofen at //gw.geneanet.org/cvpolier?lang=en&n=von+richthofen&p=emil+karl+heinrich Retrieved Jan.2018
- ^ a b Die mexikanische Frage by E.Von Richthofen, Publ.by Allgemeine Deutsch Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1862; title page
- ^ a b Richthofen,Emil Karl Heinrich, in Nordisk familjebok, publ. Sweden 1916
- ^ Hamburg, Deutschland und die Welt, by Percy Ernst Schramm. publ.Hoffman und Campe, Hamburg 1952 (2nd ed.); p.455
- ^ Hamburg, Deutschland und die Welt, by Percy Ernst Schramm. publ.Hoffman und Campe, Hamburg 1952 (2nd ed.); p.483-486
- ^ "Hamburg Im Bundesrat: Die Mitwirkung Hamburgs an Der Bildung Des Reichswillens 1867–1890”, by Hans-Georg Schönhoff, Publ. Hamburg, 1967; pp 13–17
- ^ “Hamburg Im Bundesrat: Die Mitwirkung Hamburgs an Der Bildung Des Reichswillens 1867–1890”, by Hans-Georg Schönhoff, Publ. Hamburg, 1967; p. 19
- ^ Bismarck und die norddeutschen Kleinstaaten im Jahre 1866, by Karl Lange, pPubl. C. Heymann, Berlin 1930; pp 125 and 129