August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff

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August Heinrich Hermann Graf von Dönhoff (born October 10, 1797 in Potsdam , † April 1, 1874 at Friedrichstein Palace (East Prussia) ) was a Prussian diplomat.

Life

August von Dönhoff came from the East Prussian branch of the Dönhoffs . His parents were the Prussian Colonel Count August Friedrich Philipp von Dönhoff (1763-1838) and his wife Countess Pauline von Lehndorff (1776-1813).

Dönhoff took part in the campaign of 1815 as a volunteer, studied from 1816 to 1819 in Königsberg , Göttingen and Heidelberg and then made a trip to Italy . In 1818 he joined the old Heidelberg fraternity . He began his diplomatic career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin in 1821 , then was employed at the embassies in Paris in 1823, in Madrid in 1825, in London in 1828, where he played an important role in the Conference on Belgian Affairs, and in 1833 he was appointed envoy in Munich , 1842 Minister of the Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main .

In May 1848 he resigned, but at the beginning of September 1848 he was appointed head of foreign affairs in the Pfuel Ministry, which position he only held for a short time. He was then elected in February 1849 by the second Gumbinn constituency as a member of the First Chamber and sent by this in 1850 to the House of States of the Erfurt Union Parliament . In the summer of 1850 re-elected to the First Chamber, he joined the right-wing but more moderate Jordan party. In 1851 he took part in the state parliament of the Province of Prussia and then attended the chamber session in Berlin from 1851 to 1852. When the First Chamber was transformed into the manor house , the King made him a hereditary member. In 1861 he became the chief garment chamberlain at the court. He died in April 1874.

His aunt Sophie von Dönhoff was morganatically married to Friedrich Wilhelm II .

family

He married Pauline von Lehndorff (1823-1889) in Steinort in 1843. She was the daughter of the Prussian Lieutenant General Count Karl von Lehndorff (1770-1854) heir to Steinort and his wife, Countess Pauline von Schlippenbach . The couple had three sons, including:

  • August (1845–1920), member of the Prussian manor house and diplomat ∞ Maria von Lepel (1869–1940)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, p. 213.

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personal data
SURNAME Dönhoff, August Heinrich Hermann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dönhoff, August Heinrich Hermann Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian diplomat and foreign minister
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1874
Place of death Friedrichstein Castle (East Prussia)