Friedrich von Thun and Hohenstein
Friedrich Franz Joseph Michael Graf von Thun and Hohenstein (born May 8, 1810 in Tetschen , † September 24, 1881 ibid) was an Austrian diplomat .
family
Friedrich came from the noble family of Thun and Hohenstein, who were wealthy in Tyrol and Bohemia . His parents were Count Franz Anton von Thun and Hohenstein (1786–1873) and his wife, Theresia Maria, née Countess Brühl (1784–1844). His mother was the daughter of Alois Friedrich von Brühl and granddaughter of Heinrich von Brühl . He was brother of Leo von Thun and Hohenstein .
Friedrich's sister Josephine von Thun and Hohenstein (born October 3, 1815 in Prague; † March 13, 1895 ibid) was an excellent pianist. In 1834 she became a student of Frédéric Chopin in Paris , who dedicated his waltz in A flat major op. 34 No. 1 to her during his stay at Tetschen Castle in September 1835 .
He himself married Countess Leopoldine von Lamberg , Baroness von Stein and Guttenberg (1825–1902) in Prague on September 15, 1845 . The marriage resulted in seven girls and four boys. The son Franz became governor in Bohemia and for a short time Austrian Prime Minister. Another son was the genealogist and historian Jaroslav .
Life
Friedrich von Thun and Hohenstein entered the Austrian diplomatic service. He was chargé d'affaires in Turin from 1843 to 1847 . He was then envoy in Stockholm from 1847 and in Munich in 1849 . From 1850 to 1852 he was an envoy to the Bundestag in Frankfurt and chaired the chair as representative of Austria. In the Bundestag he had violent arguments with the Prussian envoy Otto von Bismarck . In 1852 he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to Prussia and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Leopold Order . In 1855 he served Radetzky in Lombardy . Between 1857 and 1863 Thun worked as an envoy and plenipotentiary minister in Saint Petersburg . He then resigned from active civil service.
As a large Bohemian landowner, he was elected to the Bohemian Landtag . Since 1879 he was a hereditary member of the Austrian manor house . There he joined the feudal party of the rights of his brother Leo von Thun and Hohenstein.
literature
- T. Kraler: Thun and Hohenstein Friedrich Gf. from. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 14, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2012–, ISBN 978-3-7001-7312-0 , p. 324.
- Minutes of the Prussian State Ministry. Volume 4/2, p. 656.
- Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 19, Leipzig 1909, pp. 510-511 digitized .
- Jaroslav Procháska: Chopin and Bohemia. Prague 1968.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leopoldine von Thun: Memories from my life . Ed .: Jaroslav Thun 3rd edition 1st 1890 edition. Innsbruck 1926, p. ? .
- ^ Jan Galandauer: Franz Prince Thun. Governor of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2014, p. 18.
- ^ Entry to the Kvasice Castle Library
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Felix zu Schwarzenberg |
Austrian chargé d'affaires in Sardinia-Piedmont 1843–1844 |
Karl Ferdinand von Buol-Schauenstein |
| Valentin von Esterházy |
Austrian envoy to Sweden 1847–1849 |
Emmerich Széchényi |
| Adolph von Brenner-Felsach |
Austrian envoy to Bavaria 1849–1850 |
Valentin von Esterházy |
| Karl Ludwig von Bruck |
Austrian envoy to the German Confederation 1850–1852 |
Anton Prokesch from the east |
| Anton Prokesch from the east |
Austrian envoy to Prussia 1852–1855 |
George of Esterházy |
| Emmerich Széchényi |
Austrian ambassador to Russia 1857–1863 |
Friedrich Revertera by Salandra |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thun and Hohenstein, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thun and Hohenstein, Friedrich Franz Joseph Michael Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tetschen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1881 |
| Place of death | Tetschen |