Friedrich von Pourtalès
Count Friedrich von Pourtalès | |
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German Ambassador to the Russian Empire | |
In office 1907–1914 | |
Preceded by | Wilhelm von Schoen |
Succeeded by | Suspended due to World War I |
Personal details | |
Born | Jakob Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim de Pourtalès 24 October 1853 |
Died | 3 May 1928 Bad Nauheim, Germany | (aged 74)
Spouse(s) | Gisela, Countess von Kanitz |
Parent(s) | Wilhelm von Pourtalès Charlotte, Countess von Maltzan zu Wartenberg und Penzlin |
Residence | Villa Mettlen |
Jakob Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim de Pourtalès (24 October 1853 – 3 May 1928)[1] was a German aristocrat and diplomat who served as the Ambassador to the Russian Empire in Saint Petersburg from 1907 to 1914.
Early life
Among his extended family were uncles Count Guillaume von Pourtalès and Count
Career
Pourtalès was Prussian Minister to the Kingdom of Bavaria in Munich (under Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria) until 1907,[1] and conducted diplomacy in the style of the grand seigneur,[5] holding posts in Austria-Hungary, the Netherlands and France.[7] When Pourtalès arrived in St. Petersburg, he came with seventeen vanloads of furniture.[5]
Pourtalès succeeded Count Monts[a] as the German Ambassador to the Russian Empire in Saint Petersburg from 1907 (when Russia went into a coalition with Britain and France, known as the Triple Entente, and formed as a counterweight to the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy) until the outbreak of World War I in 1914.[10] While Ambassador, Wilhelm von Mirbach served as the embassy clerk.
Pourtalès was deeply involved in the 1914
Personal life
He was married to Gisela Elisabeth Kordelia Maria Charlotte Maximiliane Rahel Josepha Gräfin von Kanitz (1873–1957), the daughter of
Count von Pourtalès died on 3 May 1928 at Bad Nauheim, Germany.[1]
Residences
In 1824, his grandfather Count Karl von Pourtalès (who married Marie Louise Elisabeth
Notes
- ^ Count Anton von Monts served as the German Ambassador to Italy from 1903 to 1908.[8][9]
- ^ After his death in 1928, the art collection was sold. When Glumbowitz fell to Poland with most of Silesia in 1945, Glumbowitz Palace was appropriated as the headquarters of a farming cooperative. Since then, the castle has fallen into ruin.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "FRIEDRICH POURTALES; German Ambassador to Russia at Outbreak of War Dies". The New York Times. 4 May 1928. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "von Pourtalès family / Glumbowitz / Kolekcje / Silesian Art Collections". www.silesiancollections.eu. Silesian Museum. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser (in German). Justus Perthes. 1906. p. 749. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ of), Melville Amadeus Henry Douglas Heddle de La Caillemotte de Massue de Ruvigny Ruvigny and Raineval (9th marquis (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons. p. 605. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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- ^ TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (3 August 1914). "RUSSIA FIRM BEFORE GERMAN INSISTENCE; Three Times von Pourtales Made the Demand on Which Peace Depended. THREE TIMES SHE REFUSED Ambassador Left In Silence After Handing the Russian Minister a Wrong Paper". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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