Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

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Bernhard Ernst von Bülow , actually Bernhard von Bülow (born August 2, 1815 in Cismar (Holstein) , † October 20, 1879 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Danish and German diplomat and State Secretary in the Foreign Office of the German Empire .

Studies and diplomatic career

Bernhard (Ernst) von Bülow

Bernhard (Ernst) von Bülow studied law at the University of Berlin , the Georg-August University of Göttingen and the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel . In Göttingen he became a member of the Corps Vandalia in 1833 . After completing his studies, he joined the Holstein government as an assessor in 1839 . Shortly afterwards he switched to the Danish civil service as legation counselor until 1848 .

In 1851 he became the King of Denmark's envoy in his capacity as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg at the Bundestag in Frankfurt am Main . In 1862 he became Minister of State of the (partial) Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Neustrelitz , where he was also Chancellor of the Order from 1864. He took part in the negotiations for the establishment of the North German Confederation , which the two Mecklenburg states joined in 1867.

As a result, Bülow became an authorized representative at the Federal Council of the North German Confederation . In 1868 he switched to the Prussian civil service and at the same time became envoy to Prussia .

State Secretary of the Foreign Office

On October 9, 1873, at the request of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, he was appointed as the successor to Hermann Ludwig von Balan as State Secretary in the Foreign Office with the rank of Prussian State Minister. In 1876 he became State Secretary of the Foreign Office. However, the actual shaping of foreign policy was largely the responsibility of the Chancellor. From June to July 1878 he took part in the Berlin Congress alongside Bismarck and the then ambassador in Paris and later Chancellor Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst .

In 1879 he wanted to take a longer vacation, but died on October 20 of that year at the age of 64 from the consequences of a stroke in Frankfurt am Main. His final resting place is the hereditary burial of the Bülow family in the Old Twelve Apostles Cemetery in Berlin-Schöneberg .

family

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow came from the Mecklenburg nobility of the von Bülow family and was born as the son of the Danish bailiff in the office of Cismar Adolf von Bülow and nephew of the Prussian Foreign Minister Heinrich von Bülow . His mother was born Countess Susanna Augusta Klara Adelheid Baudissin (born September 25, 1790 in Copenhagen, † September 26, 1874 in Plön), daughter of the Danish lieutenant general and governor of Copenhagen Count Carl Ludwig von Baudissin auf Rantzau and Lammershagen (1756-1814 ). In 1823 she married Hans Adolf von Warnstedt († 1853), master forest and hunter of the Duchy of Holstein, for the second time .

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow married Louise Rücker on April 30, 1848 (* October 18, 1821; † January 29, 1894), the sister of Hamburg Senator Alfred Rücker and granddaughter of Senator Martin Johann Jenisch . The couple had eight children:

  • Bernhard (1849–1929) State Secretary of the Foreign Office and fourth Chancellor of the German Empire ⚭ Maria Beccadelli di Bologna, marchesa di Altavilla
  • Adolf (Wilhelm Ernst) (1850–1897), Prussian major general and personal adjutant of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
⚭ July 1, 1884 Countess Karola Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1864–1886)
⚭ May 14, 1891 Countess Maria Elisabeth Ursula von der Schulenburg (* April 2, 1868; † July 6, 1946)
  • Alfred (Victor Otto Viktor Ernst) (* 7 August 1851 - † 26 June 1916), Prussian diplomat ⚭ Marie von Dillen-Spiering (* 20 July 1859 † 28 June 1934) (daughter of Carl Ludwig Emanuel von Dillen )
  • Waldemar (1852-1854)
  • Christian (* October 17, 1855; † September 23, 1927) ⚭ Izabel Rücker (* June 1, 1868)
  • Bertha (May 2, 1858 - January 25, 1870)
  • Karl-Ulrich (Stephan Wilhelm) (1862–1914), major general
  • Friedrich (* July 20, 1865; † January 11, 1936) ⚭ Julia Sommer (* September 29, 1869)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 87 , 269
  2. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 750.
  3. ↑ Bernhard Ernst von Bülow at geneall.net
  4. ↑ Bernhard Ernst von Bülow at geneanet.org

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predecessor Office successor
Christian Høyer Bille Danish envoy to the Hanseatic cities
1847–1848 		Ulysses von Dirckinck-Holmfeld
vacant (1848–1850) Danish envoy to the German Confederation
1850–1862 		Ulysses von Dirckinck-Holmfeld
personal data
SURNAME Bülow, Bernhard Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bülow, Bernhard von (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish and German statesman
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1815
PLACE OF BIRTH Cismar
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1879
Place of death Frankfurt am Main