Mortimer from Maltzahn

Joachim Karl Ludwig Mortimer Graf von Maltzahn (or Maltzan ), Baron von Wartenberg and Penzlin (born April 15, 1793 at Lissa Castle ; † August 8, 1843 in Berlin ) was a Prussian diplomat and foreign minister from 1841 to 1842.

career

Maltzahn participated in the Wars of Liberation as an officer in the Prussian Garde du Corps . After that he entered the foreign service. He was initially secretary of the legation in various embassies. Later he was chargé d'affaires in Darmstadt and envoy in The Hague , Hamburg and Vienna . Most recently he had the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary.

In 1841 Maltzahn was appointed Prussian Foreign Minister. Varnhagen von Ense reproduced a report from Humboldt , according to which King Friedrich Wilhelm IV was more satisfied with Maltzahn than with any other of his ministers, had full confidence in him and would trust him to do everything. Because of a serious mental illness he was released in 1842.

family

Maltzahn was the son of Count Joachim Alexander Kasimir Maltzahn and his wife Antoinie, née von Hoym . He married Countess Auguste von der Goltz , daughter of August von der Goltz . Their daughter Antoinette Louise Emilie Julie von Maltzahn (1824–1899) was the chief chamberlain of the Empress Auguste . She was married to Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Arend von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky (1819-1893), son of Hendrik George de Perponcher Sedlnitzki , since June 2, 1853 .

Web links

Acta borussica Volume 3 (PDF file; 3.00 MB)
Maltzan . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 10 . Altenburg 1860, p. 804-805 ( zeno.org ).

Individual evidence

predecessor	Office	successor
Karl Friedrich Heinrich von der Goltz	Prussian chargé d'affaires in Paris 1822–1824	Heinrich Wilhelm von Werther
August Otto von Grote	Prussian envoy to the Hanseatic cities 1830–1834	Johann Ludwig von Hänlein
August Schoultz from Ascheraden	Prussian envoy in The Hague 1830–1834	Carl Friedrich Heinrich von Wylich and Lottum
Bogislaw von Maltzahn	Prussian envoy in Vienna 1834–1841	Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz and Dallwitz

personal data
SURNAME	Maltzahn, Mortimer from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maltzahn, Joachim Karl Ludwig Mortimer Graf von (full name); Maltzan, Mortimer of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian diplomat and Foreign Minister (1841–1842)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 15, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wrocław-Leśnica Lissa Castle
DATE OF DEATH	August 8, 1843
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Letters to Varnhagen von Ense, p.123

[2] New Prussian Nobility Lexicon.