Albert von Flemming
Albert Georg Friedrich Graf von Flemming (born October 14, 1813 in Hanover , † March 17, 1884 in Florence ) was a Prussian diplomat .
Life
Albert came from the castle-seated Pomeranian nobility family Flemming . The ancestor Jacob Heinrich von Flemming was cabinet minister, general marshal and postmaster general in Poland and Saxony. In 1721 he was made an imperial count . The family owned the manors Crossen, Iven and other estates.
He was the oldest child of the District President Karl von Flemming and his wife Wilhelmine, née Countess von Hardenberg .
Flemming studied law and became a court assistant at the higher court in 1843. In 1844 he joined the Prussian Foreign Service and was legation secretary in Paris, Kassel and Brussels from 1844 to 1849. Appointed as a laborer at the Foreign Office in 1849 , he went to Brussels as Legation Counselor in 1851, and later to London and Vienna. Sent to the Grand Ducal Badischer Hof in Karlsruhe as the Prussian envoy in 1859 , he remained in this post until 1883, shortly before his death. When the student Oskar Becker attacked Wilhelm I , Flemming accompanied the emperor and arrested the assassin without resistance (July 14, 1861 in Baden-Baden).
Flemming acquired the Buckow and Garzin manor in the Lebus district , and inherited other manors. In 1872 King Wilhelm I appointed Flemming to the Prussian mansion out of the utmost confidence , to which he belonged until his death in 1884.
family
On March 25, 1860, he married Armgard von Arnim , a daughter of the poet couple Achim and Bettina von Arnim . The marriage resulted in two daughters who both became writers:
- Elisabeth (December 10, 1861 - January 4, 1925)
- ⚭ 1881 Stephan Gans zu Putlitz (1854–1883)
- ⚭ 1884 Edmund Friedrich Gustav von Heyking (1850–1915)
- Irene (born August 5, 1864 - † December 26, 1946)
- ⚭ 1884 (divorce 1885) Roderich von Oriola (born September 3, 1860 - † December 17, 1911) (son of Eduard von Oriola )
- ⚭ John Forbes-Mosse († January 4, 1904)
literature
- Hermann Krüger (ed.): Chronicle of the Prussian manor house. A commemorative book to commemorate the manor's 30th anniversary. Berlin, 1885, p. 62.
- Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry, Acta Borussica Volume 6 / II (1867–1878) p. 634f. (PDF file, 1.69 MB)
- Justus Perthes (Hrsg.): Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Graefliche Häuser 1879 p. 293.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flemming, Albert von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flemming, Albert Georg Friedrich Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1884 |
| Place of death | Florence |